Posted By Michael Breznau on Jan 29, 2024

Political unrest. Global uncertainty. Societal division. Schoolroom violence. Corporate corruption.

One glance at the 6pm broadcast or a social media feed gives us a smack-in-the-face reminder that the 24-hour news cycle marches on with negativity and collective anxiety. Songwriter Andrew Peterson recently lyricized:

“Do you feel the world is broken? We do. Do you feel the shadows deepen? We do.”

Sigh. Yes, it’s true. Things are not the way they’re supposed to be. We inherently feel the seismic activity in our culture. The fault-lines are widening. The fractures are deepening.

But God invites us to stay on the path of trusting in Him because therein we discover peace and rest. Even when the way is dark, difficult, and dangerous: trust leads to rest. The prophet Isaiah reminds us of this truth, “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” (Isaiah 26:3 NLT)

Corrie ten Boom journeyed through the horrors of the holocaust, survived a Nazi concentration camp, and lived to tell the world of God’s peace amid the darkness. She wrote:

“If you look at the world, you will be distressed. If you look within, you will be depressed. If you look at God, you will be at rest.”

In each feeling of the darkness, we must choose who we will trust. God is with us and will bring us through. Peterson continues his song “Is He Worthy?” this way, “But do you know that all the dark won’t stop the light from getting through? We do.”

May it be so in your heart and mine as we focus our eyes on the One who is coming to make all things new.

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I’m looking forward to this coming Sunday at 11am as we continue our new sermon series “RUTH: God’s Unstoppable Love,” in which Naomi, too, is learning to trust God again…when the way is lonely and dark. See you soon, brothers and sisters.

In Christ Alone,

P.S.

Here’s a YouTube video of Andrew Peterson performing his powerful song, “Is He Worthy?”