7-17-2016

Good Morning All!!           

   Isaiah 55:9; “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

     Do you ever watch the TV commercials that show someone or something walking through a maze?  We always get to watch from above and look down on the maze.  It looks so easy from above; you can see every corner and every straight path.  When we look down from the top, we can give all kinds of advice and point out which path to take and which is a dead end.

     When you are in the maze, it seems to be almost impossible.  We look and everything looks the same; whether I go left or right there doesn’t seem to be much difference.  I can’t tell what is beyond the next wall.  Even if I am going through the maze with someone else; we still can’t see over or around the walls.  It can be really frustrating.

     Our life is very much like a maze.  We can only see right in front of us and a little behind us.  Yet even where we have been is more about memory than vision.  Yet as we go forward, we wonder about other directions or other choices.  As we experience life, we do not see ahead.  So we travel in one of two ways; either by fear or by faith. 

     The world will want you to travel by fear.  The world wants you to always wonder, to always question and to always doubt.  The world wants you to always ask questions like why? Why does this happen to me?  Why do all the good things go to them and not to me?  Why do I always get the short end of the deal?  These and dozens of other questions will haunt us and allow the devil to play cruel attacks on us.  Each time we go down a path; the devil torments us and makes us walk with fear and great in trepidation.  This is how most people walk through the maze of their life.

     God comes to you and me with a different plan.  God sets above all and aids us, guides us and blesses us as we go through our maze.  We have to trust God when he tells us that all things work for good for those who love Him.  We may never see where we all heading but we have to trust God and his promises.  This can be tough when it seems like all our choices are losing choices.  The thing we need to always remember is that we are God’s redeemed children always and forever.  We may not see how we are getting through our life but we will make it through this life to eternal life with Jesus.  This is God’s promise to us to be with us, to comfort us and to give us hope and to show us his mercy.  We must have faith that God will continue to guard us, to protect us, and to always give us hope.

Dear Father, too often we don’t see the answer so we fail to trust your steadfast love.  Give us the courage to live the life which you give to us. Give us the comfort in knowing that all occurs under your watchful eye and that your grace for your children never dies.  In Jesus’ precious name we pray, amen

God’s Peace,

Pastor Bret