You are not alone! Day 7

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

(Proverbs 15:3)

The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. (Psalm 121:8)

A man and his son, a young boy, were in their house one night. Suddenly a fire broke out and soon flames were everywhere. The fire forced the son, who was upstairs, to go to the top of the roof. The father was on the ground floor and he managed to get out of the house. He could hear his son scream “Daddy! Help!” So the father yelled back  "Jump! I'll catch you." The father knew the boy had to get off the roof to be saved. The problem was the boy could see only smoke and blackness. The roof did not catch fire yet, so the boy was afraid to leave the roof. His father kept yelling: "Jump! I will catch you." But the boy protested, "Daddy, I can't see you." The father replied, "But I can see you, I can see you and that's all that matters." 

Dear Friends, all of us struggle with problems. They seem overwhelming. Problems tend to stress us out. When we face problems we tend to focus more on the problem and forget about Jesus. Therefore when facing trials, temptations and tribulations, just like the son we can only see flames, smoke and blackness everywhere. But the truth is Jesus is focused on us and that should give us the peace that passes all understanding. At times of trouble and sin, our lack of faith normally makes us concentrate only on what we can see –others faults, our problems etc.

So as the writer of Hebrews teaches us let us “… lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, ² looking to Jesus,..”(Hebrews 12:1-2)

“The Christian faith enables you and I to face life or meet death, not because we can see, but with the certainty that we are seen; not that we know all the answers, but that we are known.”*

Thank you Jesus for being my Savior and my friend. Amen.

* Not my words. Author unknown.