Encouragement for the struggling

There is a real deli-ma that we are confronted with in our journey toward the celestial gates. It is when we have drifted from the refuge of the Lord and feel as though we have sinned enough to depart that we are tempted to feel as tho our praising Him is pointless. Yet it is always good to praise Him. It is always good to sing praises to Him. 

 Circumstances should not determine our desires but rather our relationship to Jesus in these lean times are the determiner of our praising Him. In the creation of the universe there is a design as examples of the attributes of God for us to visualize. His revelation in that creation. On a cool night far from the illuminate light of the big cities we can look at the stars in the sky, and get a glimpse of eternity. We can understand the Person of intricate details who is concerned about the smallest details in our lives. Even when we are failing we are being sustained by Him as He sustains the stars in their orbits. He upholds us with His power in our falling. Even tho we have been forgotten by everyone and we have no comfort from friends , yet He is holding us from falling completely. He is bringing us to an understanding that nothing in this world is worth trusting in as the supreme object as He is.

We praise Him in this deli-ma because His grace is more powerful than our sin. In our fallen state He is reversing the effects in us, healing us, and closing up the wound to be forgotten forever by Him in His Son. He is renewing us and gathering us along with the other humble ones to praise Him alone. 

Our God made a covenant with Abraham that He would be the father of many nations and that His children would be as the number of stars. We are Abraham's children by spiritual birth. We have the same spiritual privileges that are promised in His covenant. We are one of those stars being upheld in that vast heavenly light show. Yet looking up beyond the stars we are confronted with a dark mysterious show of eternity. A bottomless view of space of eternal dimensions. There is a display of the night that is illuminated by the glory of God in His holding us up by His all seeing eye and His design of our lives by His infinite understanding. Yes, just as He is sustaining those heavenly lights from His eternal abode in that dark mysterious space, He is bringing us to become a more brighter star to illuminate the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Do you feel His presence? Do not let Satan convince you that you are beyond His care. Go to the night and think of His power to uphold the display of heavenly lights. Sing to Him in your darkest hour. It is fitting, normal , realistic to bless Him with our lips. To God be the glory!

2005