ABANDON

Will God abandon you?

How do you know He won't?

Many of us are living lives that haven't turned out quite the way we imagined.  Twenty years ago - ten years ago - five years ago - last year - last month - you'd not have dreamed you'd be in the place or the mess you are right now.

Has God abandoned you?

That's a question that needs to be wrestled with, because I know the nice church world answer to that question:  'Of course He hasn't.'

But you need to struggle with that question all the way to the ground.

Has God abandoned you?

Here's the second question, and it's closely linked to the first:  'Will God forget His promises?'

God is trying to speak to His people - and we can either lean in and listen more closely or we can reject God and His words and turn our hearts and allegiance away from Him - back to our own Egypts.

Those are our two choices all the time -- follow God, pay attention to God, obey God ... or reject God, resist God, direct our lives away from God.

All the time - two choices.

It may not be working out the way you thought, but that isn't the question.  It never is.  I already know the answer to that one.

The question is:  Is God faithful in every season?  In the valley as much as when skies are blue?

I know the answer to that, too -- yes, yes, yes, resoundingly yes.

He was faithful yesterday.  He's faithful today.  He'll be faithful tomorrow.

He has not abandoned you.
He is not sleeping.
He promises you peace and strength and help for the storm.
He said He'd never leave you.
He'll always be near.

And be blessed.