Sunday, March 24, 2019

A Prayer

Father,
You are the great and glorious God. You created all of this out of nothing and into nothing. You raise up nations, and You bring them low. You send the cold and snow of winter and follow that up with the budding of spring. You are the one true and living God. You are the amazing God. And You are for us.

You have obligated Yourself to care for us, to watch over us, to provide for us. No one forced You to make this commitment. Who could? But You are right there when we are confronted with some need. You are there to meet it in Your most wise and loving way. You are there every time. You have promised this to us. And to give us great confidence as we deal with life, You tell us, quite clearly, that if You are for us who can be against us.

Time and time and time again, You have made this clear. And yet, Father, there are those situations when we tell ourselves that it just doesn't feel like You are for us. We acknowledge the promises, but we still tell ourselves that it just doesn't feel like You're for us. There are times when we tell ourselves that we are on our own. It's us against the world. And we always lose that contest. But whose fault is that but ours.

So, in our weakness, in our struggling, in our pitiable unbelief, we look to You. We're asking You to do whatever it is that is necessary so that in those times when we feel alone that we would still believe that we’re not alone, that You are still with us, that You are still for us. We don't ask to be able to understand what You are doing in those situations. It's likely beyond our ability. But we are asking for the grace to be able to hold on to the promise that You are for us knowing that, as we do that, we'll feel it again soon enough. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.