He is mighty to save...

Bad things happen. Sad things happen. There are times in life where we feel rejected, dejected, hurt and confused. The wonderful thing to remember in these times is that God is walking beside us and in us by his Holy Spirit....

Zephaniah 3:17 – “The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

The Lord your God is with you. You are not alone. God never intended for you to live this life alone. God didn’t design you to do it alone. In fact as we draw close to God we find that life becomes just that little bit easier. We can take the things that are troubling us to him. We can rest in the fact God is walking along side us, rejoicing in us, loving us, delighting in us and telling us, it’s ok. We have a God who loves us completely as we are, and is interested in every detail of your life.... if we go back to Philippians we are reminded that the Lord is near, and that we should take everything to him, by prayer and petition and that as we do this, he will fill our hearts with his peace.

When we take the time to give these things to God, we are saying to God you are in control, you are faithful, you know what’s best and I can trust you. The great news is, he won’t let you down. He is ‘mighty to save’ us from sin and death, from hurt, from confusion, from all things... This is not saying that hurt won’t happen, that pain won’t happen, that temptation won’t happen..... it will. We are in a broken, sinful, hurting world. But....God offers us hope in the midst of hopelessness, God offers us peace in the storm and God offers us his Love when we need it.

The challenge for us today is to trust God in all and every circumstance, especially when it’s hard and believe passages like Zephaniah 3:17 when it says.... The Lord you God is with you, he is mighty to save.