7-20-2022
Long before the compass was ever invented, sailors and adventurers navigated by looking for the North Star. They did this because, no matter the weather or the circumstances, it remained constant and immovable. In the same way, Christ and the reality, truth, and power of the Cross doesn’t change. The Cross is the true north for our life.
Sometimes our hurts can be deep enough that they begin to cloud our confidence and belief that God cares about us. We begin to move and navigate our life from a wounded place. That’s the time to remember the Cross and that Christ was wounded for us and by His wounds we are healed. God repairs our wounds, heals our hurt, and mends our broken hearts.
Sometimes when we experience loss, the enemy tries to undermine our trust in the goodness of God. We begin to ask, “If God is good, then why did this loss occur?” When this happens we can look to the Cross and realize that God lost His own son. God knows what it’s like to lose something precious. But God experienced loss because He is good, and He knew that Jesus was the only way we could be free and step into true life.
Sometimes our circumstances can get so loud they start to undermine the belief that God is sovereign. When this happens we can remember that the day Jesus died on the Cross it looked like God was never more out of control. But, on that day, God was never more in control. He took the most powerful empire on earth, a crazy crowd, Judas the betrayer, the scales of injustice, and used it all to accomplish His plan. If He could accomplish His plan with all of that, imagine what He can do for us!
Always remember what the Old Testament Prophet Isaiah wrote: The Lord will guide you always…..(Isaiah 58:11a, NIV)
My prayer for you today is that, no matter the hurt, no matter the loss, no matter the circumstances, when you are faced with a storm of life or uncertainty that threatens or challenges your beliefs, you would look to the Cross. As you look to the Cross, you will find the love and power God has to reconcile, restore, and renew your spirit.