Compassion in the Wings

There is a part of us that wants to believe that God really will supply all of our needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus.  We strain to maintain our faith in God to provide for us but the hard, cold facts keep getting in the way of our assurance.  A bill comes that is too much to bear, an illness strikes and shatters us,  a crisis throws us into turmoil, a relationship comes apart; all of this leads to questions about God's goodness and care.  You may have had a close friend or family member "let you down" and now you struggle with trust.  How can you be certain that God really does have your best interests at heart and the ability to see you through whatever you face?  The foundation of all hope is not our circumstances or even the chronicle of our experiences; it is the Bible itself and what it says of God.  He is a good shepherd who cares for you with the tenderness and compassion of the kindest and most loving person you have ever met.  He is vigilantly watching your situation and has already planned for your help and care.  Of course it is hard to believe the Lord is looking out for you because you cannot see Him.  That does not mean it is not so, this love and protection of His!  Our Lord gave the example of the sparrows and desert flowers to articulate how easy it is for Him to watch out for you and care for you.  Such common and unassuming creatures as sparrows have God's eye and interest; how much more so you who He has lovingly shaped and given life and personality.    We sometimes think we don't matter to God and in a world wrecked by Sin and manipulated by Satan, it is easy to be fooled into thinking this.  Yet, our Savior let His life become shattered and broken for one purpose; that you and I might share our lives with Him in perfect holiness and goodness.  Christ took your Sin into Himself and lifted it up onto the Cross where it died with Him and for that, you bank your hope in God to deliver you now.  Prayer takes just a sliver of faith to operate in the supernatural realm of God and His angels.  The feeblest of saints has this in common with the Apostles of old; I can pray and God will deliver me as He has promised.  Though the mountains may shake and the lightning may shatter the rocks before me, I will trust in God because He has made His promise to stand with me in the storm and be my shelter come what may.

Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you.  Isaiah 54:10 NIV