This Road

Welcome to the THIS ROAD podcast, a short encouragement for the road your life is currently leading you down.

What do you do when you feel helpless? How do you respond when you just don’t know what to do? Some of us may be feeling this anxiety today. In the midst of these difficult times, we just don’t know what to do. I have made mention to a few friends that there doesn’t seem to be the right answer regarding the pandemic. Do you wait it out? Do you start to treat life as normal again and risk being in the same trouble all over again? See what I mean?

What is the answer?

For people who choose to follow Jesus Christ, the answer is simple: Jesus. Sometimes that can ring hollow, though, can’t it?

First Peter 5:6-11 says this about our dealing with our anxieties and Jesus:

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

When reading this, suddenly the answer being Jesus feels more reassuring. If we can humble ourselves, and cast our cares and anxieties on Christ, he will care for us. And then, as we withstand these trials, the God of all grace will restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish us.

If we choose to believe that Jesus is the savior of the world, we can know that our fears, worry, anxieties, and stresses can be cast upon Him, and he will restore us.

That is the answer I am looking for.

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Welcome to the THIS ROAD podcast, a short encouragement for the road your life is currently leading you down.

For people of the Christian faith, this week is Holy Week. This week is the time for us to focus our hearts and minds on the actions of Jesus Christ. He was crucified, died, buried, and then was raised back to life. This week is the culmination of all Christendom.

As we work to set our minds on the work of Christ, the world’s current troubles might work to intervene. With what humanity is currently facing, it might be challenging to observe the cross and empty tomb. But may I encourage you to simply focus on Jesus? He is the author and perfector of our faith, which means that during times we struggle to believe, He will help us in our unbelief. Think about that...in the times that we find it so hard to have faith, Jesus is the most present.

This week is all about the presence of Jesus in our lives. It is about the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth. Not a kingdom of dominion, war, violence, famine, and disease. No, a kingdom of faith, hope, love, and peace.

If you find yourself struggling to believe this week, may I suggest a simple prayer:

Christ has died.

Christ has risen.

Christ will come again.

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Have you found yourself glued to the news recently? Does it ever leave you discouraged, worried, or hopeless? With all that is happening, we can find ourselves struggling to stay afloat in our emotions. The thing is, we will overcome this, right? We will endure if only, we will have hope.

This past week, I was reading my Bible and focused on the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. The thing that caught me was that although Lazarus had already died, his sister, Martha, told Jesus that she knew He could still save her brother.

John 11:21-22 (ESV): Martha said to Jesus, “Lord if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”

It’s possible Martha was speaking out of blind faith, hysteria, or both. But when I read it, I see that Martha might be talking out of hope. Hope that does not rest in superstition, luck, or a “wanting” something to happen. But HOPE that rests in believing that Jesus is the Son of God and that he is capable of bringing the dead back to life. In fact, Jesus confirms her hope by saying that He is the resurrection and the life. We must simply have hope that Jesus is who he says he is.

As this world circles uncertainty, may we have hope in Jesus that he will intervene and bring us back to life. If only we will have hope.

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Welcome to the THIS ROAD podcast, a short encouragement for the road your life is currently leading you down.

In today’s episode, I would like to recognize the uncertainty we are currently facing. Every day the news gives us more bad information. Every day, it seems we are closer and closer to our company closing its doors, or being forced to self-quarantine. What a wild world it is.

But let’s not focus on the negative, if we can. I know, it’s difficult to block it out, but this past weekend, I have been drawn to a portion of scripture in the book of John. In John 15,16, and 17, Jesus is giving his final words to his 12 followers, the ones we call disciples. Throughout this portion, Jesus teaches, provides a warning, and provides encouragement, which culminates in a high priestly prayer.

The part that has stuck with me recently is John 16:31-33.

John 16:31-33 (ESV): Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? 32 Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Jesus is telling his followers what is to come. He says they will be scattered, forced into hiding, and ultimately would not stand with Jesus on his march to the cross. But Jesus doesn’t admonish them. Instead, he reminds them that the heavenly father will not turn his back on Jesus. He will be there. And knowing that God will always be there is meant to bring us peace. We are to have peace knowing that although this world is in turmoil, God is still here. Yes, Jesus, in the face of all he was about to go through, he still taught us there is peace in God.

Take heart, for Jesus, has overcome the world.

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Places In Dreams by Alsever Lake

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