[This reflection was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 17/Jan/2021]
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” [Isaiah 43 v 18,19]
In the middle of this pandemic God’s light will shine, He has given us hope. Romans 8 v28 says that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord. 2 Corinthians 4 v6 says, “God commanded light to shine out of darkness”, it’s still happening in the circumstances around us.
Don’t you think it’s amazing that when some things disappear that new things come to replace them. I very recently lost a very close friend who had cancer. I will miss her lots, she really loved Jesus with all her heart but through her death I have come to know her brother, he is not a Christian. He has started to pray and is very open to talk about her relationship with the Lord. In our loss His whole family are becoming more open to a new way of living.
Through all the pandemic we have noticed folk are really open to chat and talk about what is happening in their own circumstances. It almost seems that God has taken away the veneer of triviality from people’s lives, which makes it so much easier to get down to the nitty-gritty of what makes people tick.
Every day there seems to be a new challenge and we have an option to turn to Jesus In it all or lean on our own understanding and struggle through.
“In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct our paths.” [Proverbs 3 v 5, 6]
I’m finding the way Jesus has for us is very exciting and am continually looking at what He’s doing in all this, making a highway of holiness and opening new faith adventures.Blessings to you all in a new year of hope and thankfulness.
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