"I, yes I, am the one who comforts you.
So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear?
Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors?
Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now?
It is gone!
...And I have put my words in your mouth and hidden you safely in my hand..."
Isaiah 51:12-16 NLT
God is at work even if I can't see it or understand it...
No matter what, we are safe in His hand.
He doesn't say there'll be no oppression, that people won't be against us for whatever reason. Maybe the enemy is temptation or some other thing within, but whatever is against us, it's temporary.
It won't last.
He's rescued us.
We're safe in His hand.
When it all seems overwhelming, go back to who God is.
#creator
#rescuer
#comforter
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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