reflections on the love that changes everything
You can trust the voice of Jesus. He is the God-appointed, Spirit-anointed Servant who came to give you freedom, God’s favour and a new identity as a beautiful oak of righteousness. And he says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)
So my encouragement to you today, dear friend, is to lift your eyes. Look up. Let your heart be captured by the glory that awaits you at the end of time. Because of Jesus, winter will not have the last word. You are going home to God. You are going to live in his eternal spring, and it’s all because of Jesus.
God’s redemption will result in cosmic transformation, so our inner joy is based on God’s redemption of us.
Many of us love to cheer for the underdog, but not many of us want to be the underdog. How do we get through those times when the odds are stacked against us?
When times are tough, it is difficult for us to have hope. We want things to get better, but there is nothing in our circumstances to indicate that they will. Yet we hear this story from long ago of a humble king who came to a dark and desperate world. Why would that make any difference in our lives two millennia later on the other side of the world? He came to give us hope.
Jesus will carry us safely through whatever challenge we face in life, even death.
We can have joy, even in tough times, because Jesus, who saved us, will also return to restore and renew all things, including us.
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