“…He causes
his sun to rise on the evil and the good,
and sends rain on the righteous and the
unrighteous.”
Matthew 5:45b
God blesses the righteous and the
unrighteous.
He sends rain to water the crops of those who
do good and those who do not.
Where we often fail is to think that
crisis and bad things only happen to the wicked.
Do you suppose that hurricane Sandy
came ashore in New York and New Jersey to only destroy the homes of the wicked?
Do you honestly believe that only the ‘wicked’ were those affected by flooding
and all that accompanied that disaster?
What about Katrina?
What about the war in Afghanistan?
Are those suffering in Iranian
prisons all unbelievers?
We know better.
Crisis
will happen in the lives of the godly and the ungodly.
The
real difference is how they choose to respond to it.
When we face crisis, how we react
will impact our walk with God and the walk of others.
It has the potential to bring others
into relationship with Christ or drive them further away.
Think about that for a moment.
You have told others you are a
believer.
You face an illness, an extended
unemployment or even a catastrophic fire or loss of all your material
possessions.
These are valley moments.
These are crisis moments.
We are not the first to face them,
nor will we be the last.
They are not easy seasons in our
lives to be sure.
The single most significant
difference between your reaction and someone else’s comes when you affirm that
Jesus will never leave you and will never forsake you.
You almost don’t need that assurance
on the mountaintop as you sense His presence.
You need that affirmation continually in the
valley where it seems lonely and as if you are all alone.
As you respond to the crisis with
that understanding, know that it will encourage not only you but also those
whose eyes are on you!
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