Get ready to start a journey…a journey through the pages of the Bible and the pages of your life.
The fact is that we are not going to get out of this life alive. One day, all too soon, we will be gone. When our children leave our grave and walk to their cars, will they do so in the power of the Spirit or with meaningless religious remnants?
How does one acquire such a full-out faith? I believe the answer is this: a firsthand experience of God’s power and faithfulness. You cannot live a wholehearted faith just by hearing the stories of God’s great work. You have to experience it up close and personal.
Doubting God is a disease that continues to infect the human heart. God provides sin’s sacrifice; we proclaim self-sufficiency. God provides forgiveness; we carry our sin. God promises never to leave us; we feel alone.
My prayers too often default into worn-out requests that lack specifics. But today’s passage gives great help in putting power into praying for our families.
God tells his people that because of who he is and what he has done, they can “walk with their heads held high.” And so can we!