From a death so dreadful he has saved us and will save us: in him we place our hope, that he will save us again (2 Corinthians 1:10)
They are dubbed the “lost children” of Sudan. Thousands of them fled the country's civil war, and fled the chaos and murder. Many of them had studied the gospel in the churches the missionaries had founded, but they had little knowledge of the world outside their home country.
An article in National Geographic tells of one of the “prodigal children” now living in the United States. He told the church congregation that he was very grateful for the help from America, as well as for the faith he had learned through adversity. “Americans believe in God,” he said, “but they don't know what God can do.”
In ordeal, we move from theory to reality as we experience God's power. When it seems hopeless, we can share the feelings of Paul who said, “The burden that was laid upon us was so great and so heavy, that we too have given up on our lives”
(2 Corinthians 1: 8). But we can also learn, like Paul, that in times of darkness “we trust not in ourselves, but in God that raiseth the dead” (verse 9).
If today God has allowed you to be in a hopeless state, reconsider all that has been done and still can be done by Almighty God. By trusting God in adversity, we know what He can do in our lives — David McCasland
GOD IS THE ONLY ALLY
WHAT WE CAN ALWAYS RELY ON
*) Take from Daily Meditation