Fragile Vessels Gone Astray

Good Wednesday morning! May the Light and the Life shine on you today. On a clear morning does your thinking sometimes go where it should not? Ah, here we go. How about at 2:00 a.m. when the darkness presses down and the worries of the day awaken you from a difficult dream? Are you far away from God at that moment? Has the countenance of the Lord turned away from you just long enough for the darkness to produce dark thoughts of despair? When the dark thoughts are suddenly interrupted by something out of the ordinary, perhaps the blast of an air horn where no air horn should be, does this serve to stop the slide into depression? Sorry, that is a lot of questions to hit you with so soon today. However, we do know at least intellectually that God does not turn away from us.

We do not walk alone in this life treading some darksome path that seems to lead only to the land of the lost. We know that God never leaves us and that His Spirit dwells within us, yet we sometimes give in to the temptation to think sinful or worrisome thoughts. And we will experience those times when a physical event will turn our minds back to the Lord where our thoughts belong. God is not far away. The Spirit has not taken leave of us to go see someone else. We are protected at all times both to the front and rear from enemies we see not. And we do need the Lord's protection.

We look at our condition and our record, and we wonder why the Lord chose such fragile and wayward vessels for His most important message. How can this great message not go astray and be lost when it is borne by such as you and me? Of course these vessels must be protected and guided else the world would never hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. Trust in God! You and I are not alone. God does not leave us for "just a second" or recall the Holy Spirit for an emergency meeting in Heaven. Even in the whole armor of God we would fall without the strength of the Lord in us. Who is strong enough to pick up the shield of faith if there is no one to place our faith in? What good would it do if our faith rested in a weak promise such as, "I will be with you most of the time," and "I usually won't leave you or forsake you unless I have something more important to do that is." We know better. The assurances of Jesus are strong with words such as 'always' and 'never'. Words that we in our limited understanding use only with great caution. Praise the Lord for His great and strong promises!

Trust in God today,
Bucky