Hello friends,
Another week of great fall weather has passed. The extended forecast is for more of the same, but we need rain, as the fire danger is elevated. I continue to adjust to my new “normal”, as the medicine is doing what it is supposed to do.
Uncertainty seems to be a recurring theme these days as we look at the unrest and strife around the world. We worry about the future, knowing that the future is out of our hands. I know there are things that we have control over, but in the big picture not so much. I have always seen myself as an optimist, but I must admit there are times when a note of pessimism creeps in. At those times I’m always drawn to the scriptures for encouragement.
“For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.
God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne” (Psalm 47:7-8).
Psalm 2 says it well: Why do the nations conspire, and the people plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One. ‘Let us break their chains,’ they say, ‘and throw off their fetters’. The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. Then he rebukes in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, “I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill.”
I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of me and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them like pottery.”
Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lesCt he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
The apostle Peter had these words, “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen” (1 Peter 5:10).
Blessings,
Pastor Jerry
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