Good Morning All,
“I don’t know.” Those are three small words
that, when we hear them, can cause us some much pain and so much
uncertainty. If you go to the doctor
with a pain that won’t go away and after as many tests as he has, he looks at
you and says, “I don’t know why you hurt.”
Maybe you finally worked up the courage to talk to that special someone
and after you ask them out, they say, “I don’t know.” A loved one is in an accident and when you
ask how he is; the response is,” I don’t know.”
Three little words which sum up all of our
human frailty and also all of our human wisdom.
“I don’t know” covers so much of our life that we often just stand there
and slowly turn in a circle looking for direction, a hint, any shred of
anything that will give us the slightest chance at an answer. We are even quick to grab the wrong answer
over “I don’t know.” We will even grab
hold of man-made answers that fail to answer because believing something, even
something wrong, is better than “I don’t know”.
So, we stumble around, lost and
confused. It is like we are walking down
a path, in the dark, in a fog, with no light or direction. After a while, we just sit down in total
despair and give up because, I don’t know, we have no clue where we are or
where we are going. We are a lost people
and a lost person, and we have no hope or chance.
Into this land of no hope of “I don’t
know’ God comes to rescue us. Jesus came
to redeem us. He came to answer our “I
don’t know.” Jesus came to show us that
when we don’t know; he tells us,” I am with you always” “I am the way, the truth,
and the life.” When we are lost, we know
that “The Lord will provide.” Just like
Abraham, when he felt he had no options left, he saw the ram in the bush and
sacrificed it instead of his son, Isaac. God provided for Abraham. We are like this in many ways. When we look anywhere else for help, for
guidance, for our security; we are lost but God provides for us. He gives us all that we need to live this
life. He gives us life through the
redemptive work of Jesus.
Through all our struggles in life, no
matter what those struggles are, God provides for us. He uses the created world to assist us, to
protect us, to provide for our needs. He
uses the doctors, the family, the friends, the members of your church; all of
these God uses to provide for us. When
we experience support, it is God coming to you.
When you are lost God comes to you and picks you up and puts you back
where He wants you to be. We can feel
safe in his arms. We experience his
grace and love even when we feel lost.
God is always there for us, late at night when our fears are great, when
we wait for the doctor’s report, when we see no hope or future, God calls us
back to himself where we can experience the safety of his grace where he
provides everything we need.
Dear
Father, we give you thanks for all that you provide. Too often we fail to trust you to provide for
us. When we do this, we find ourselves
lost, and without the comfort of your arms.
Bring us home to the safety of your arms. In Jesus’ precious name we pray, amen.
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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