|
|
Warning: These blog posts and
this entire website are
COPYRIGHTED.
Best Viewed with
Google's
Chrome - To Bookmark This
Page Press: (CTL-D) |
|
|
|
 |
Rita's
Tuesday Blog:
A Way In The Wilderness |
 |
|
|
|
|
PREVIOUS POST
BLOG ARCHIVE
NEXT POST |
|
|
God will make a way
even where there seems to be no way.
"I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert."
Isaiah 43:19
|
|
February 15, 2021:
God’s not finished yet. (Part 1)
HashTags: #fearnot #notfinished #RitaMoritz
|
Deuteronomy 31:8
“…he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not,
neither be dismayed.”
|
It’s been a challenging
year, hasn’t it? So challenging, in fact, that most of
us have had to adjust to a new “normal.” Pandemics,
masks, not eating in restaurants or doing the things we
used to take for granted.
Although some people are still meeting for corporate
worship, the majority of us are not. Many of us have
become used to, if not comfortable with, this new
“normal,” and isolation has been equated with safety.
However, God created us to be social beings, and that
isolation comes with a price. The U.S. Census has
recently reported that a third of Americans are
struggling with depression and anxiety. When you throw
the 2020-2021 politics into the equation, we end up with
a lot of anger in the mix. And, for some, total
discouragement and even hopelessness.
What’s going on? Has God forgotten us? Has He forgotten
me?
That was the mindset of the God’s children during the
Babylonian captivity. The temple had been destroyed by
Nebuchadnezzar, and he had placed the gold and silver
instruments in the temple of his gods. The Israelites
were sure they had been cast aside, that God had
forgotten them and His promises to them.
But now there was a new king, Cyrus of Persia, and God
used him to fulfill His promises to His children. In the
first year of Cyrus’s reign, “God stirred up the spirit
of Cyrus, king of Persia.” (Ezra 1:1) God had a plan,
and He was going to use Cyrus to accomplish it.
It’s important to note that it was God’s will for Cyrus
to be king, and it was also His will to use this pagan
leader to accomplish His plan. He didn’t give them a
godly Israelite king. Remember they’d already tried that
route, and it didn’t exactly work for their benefit.
So, what was the plan, and how would God accomplish it?
Challenge for Today: What might happen if we,
just for today, remembered God doesn’t make mistakes?
If you want to talk about this blog post, send me your
phone number in a private FB message to:
Rita on
Facebook
or in an email to:
rita@ritamoritz.com,
and I’ll call you. In the meantime, be safe.
|
|
|
PREVIOUS POST
BLOG ARCHIVE
NEXT POST |
|
| It's tough trying to walk a
hard path in this world alone, isn't it? If you'd like
to know more about a friend who sticks closer than a
brother and who will walk every step of this journey
with you,
CLICK HERE. |
|
|
|
|
|
This page was last
revised on
April 26, 2024 by our
Webmaster,
and is maintained by
RitaMoritz.com
from our office in Pell City, Alabama. |
xx |
