Today's
scripture: Psalm 4:6
Have you watched the news lately? Or visited Yahoo's news page? It seems like all you read or see is bad news. Just this morning, the headlines on Yahoo were: Fed climate change urges action; 34 reported dead in Ukraine; and Pistorius trial: Neighbor heard "desperate cries." Then as I scrolled down other headlines, the only story that was even close to good (and I'm reaching here) was the one about Best Buy having the best deal on MacBook Airs ... if you're a Mac person, of course.
I sometimes agree with the psalmist: "Who will show us any good?"
Our world is rapidly declining, and it seems like all we hear is corruption, hate, selfishness, and greed.
Where can we find any hope at all? As far as I'm concerned, the only hope we have is in God and the "light of His countenance." It's when things seem the darkest that I go to His word to remember that He is light, and in Him no darkness can be found (1 John 1:5).
These words give me hope. One day, the darkness of this world will end, and those who follow Christ will live in a new heaven and new earth. Best of all, "there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them ..." (Revelation22:5).
So, when the darkness of this world drags you down, when you ask, "Who will show us any good?," go to the One who is good. Seek His light through the darkness. Remember how He loves you unconditionally.
And cling to the light that only comes from Him.
Have you watched the news lately? Or visited Yahoo's news page? It seems like all you read or see is bad news. Just this morning, the headlines on Yahoo were: Fed climate change urges action; 34 reported dead in Ukraine; and Pistorius trial: Neighbor heard "desperate cries." Then as I scrolled down other headlines, the only story that was even close to good (and I'm reaching here) was the one about Best Buy having the best deal on MacBook Airs ... if you're a Mac person, of course.
I sometimes agree with the psalmist: "Who will show us any good?"
Our world is rapidly declining, and it seems like all we hear is corruption, hate, selfishness, and greed.
Where can we find any hope at all? As far as I'm concerned, the only hope we have is in God and the "light of His countenance." It's when things seem the darkest that I go to His word to remember that He is light, and in Him no darkness can be found (1 John 1:5).
These words give me hope. One day, the darkness of this world will end, and those who follow Christ will live in a new heaven and new earth. Best of all, "there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them ..." (Revelation22:5).
So, when the darkness of this world drags you down, when you ask, "Who will show us any good?," go to the One who is good. Seek His light through the darkness. Remember how He loves you unconditionally.
And cling to the light that only comes from Him.
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