Don’t Cast Your Confidence

Today someone lost their job, another lost their home. A family experienced a divorce while some were discriminated against. In Kenya there has been no rain for over a year, some without food, and some without clothes. An hour ago someone threat the life of another and a minute ago someone died, yet none of these things can conquer separating us from the love of Christ.

As I ponder the state of the economy my mind is captured by the writings of the Apostle Paul he said, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?” (Romans 8:35).

Paul was saying what can try to divorce us from the love of Christ? Can anything tear us apart from the affection of Christ? Do you think pressure, the stress of the downfall of the economy, the limited places of employment, being treated unfairly, being discriminated against, being without something to eat, having no clothes, going bankrupt, experiencing threat, even death it cannot separate you but bring you closer to the love of Christ.

Can losing your job or house shred the love of Chris from you, the loss of a loved one is not going to take away the affection Christ has for you. No matter how small or how big your situation may be it will not rip away the love that Christ has for you because the Lord will love you the same today and tomorrow.

Maybe you know someone wondering where their next meal is coming from. Possibly you feel low about yourself because you don’t have all the answers. Perhaps you are pondering where you will live by the end of this month or week. Are you staying close to the Lord? Can you stand and say Lord despite all I have and don’t have you’ve been good. Will you stand and say if you don’t do anything else, Lord, you’ve been good.

Can you see, the hardships of the world today, are a strategy to deplete our confidence. If you are low on food go on a fast, if you no longer have a car walk, jog or use the time to exercise to get to your destinations. If you’re staying from house to house, hotel to hotel, shelter to shelter consider you are on vacation. Do not be consumed with your situation that it takes your focus off the Lord and you neglect to reflect on the love that Christ has for you.

Consider not allowing your confidence to be cast below the depths of the sea. Pray to God to restore your joy, shake up your peace. Call upon the Lord to remind you that all He has done is good and pray that He helps you compose yourself in a manner of appreciation. “For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life,” John 3:16.
Written 10/16/09