Tag: vulnerable

Are You Feeling Lost?

Are You Feeling Lost?

What’s going on in your life?  Is everything good and running peacefully?  Praise the Lord!

Or are you feeling lost, alone, or hurt?  Do you feel like you’re wandering in a desert without a map?  Do you have problems at work, money troubles, or is there distress and anxiety in your life for other reasons?

LOST can mean:  beaten down; defeated; forlorn; vulnerable; alone; disoriented; off course.

As the Scriptures reveal, God is very aware of those who are lost or hurting or sick; and He is waiting to help you.  Just turn to Him and let Him know what you need.

“My people have become lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray . . .  (Jer 50:6 NASB)

All too often, our ‘shepherds’—our pastors or advisors, the people who were supposed to be watching over us and protecting us—have steered us in the wrong direction or into the wrong decision.  And we have been immeasurably injured as a result.  That was never God’s plan for you.

For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.  (Mt 18:11 NKJV)

Jesus has come to save everyone who is lost, as well as everything that has been lost.  He can restore all lost sheep and all seemingly hopeless situations. He will restore “lost” opportunities and provide better ones, praise God!

But Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a physician, but sick people do.” (Lk 5:31 ISV)

For I am the Lord who heals you.  (Exod 15:26 NKJV)

People with health problems and serious medical diagnoses need God, their Healer.  They need His wisdom, guidance, and healing power.  And Jesus loves to answer prayers and to heal the sick and the hurting.

The Son of Man came to look for and to save people who are lost.  (Lk 19:10 CEV)

Jesus is actively looking for all who are “lost” so that He may save, heal, help, and bless you.  Seek out a trustworthy and reliable Pastor or a minister of the Gospel who can help you in seeking the Lord.  God bless you!

Established by God

Established by God

Did you know that the Bible tells us that God is the One who establishes us?  What does establish mean?  It means to make firm or stable; to cause to grow and multiply; to confirm, make fast, strengthen.  Wow!  That’s a great promise!

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.  (2 Thes 3:3 NKJV, underscoring added)  This verse promises that not only will God establish us, but He guards us from the evil one.  Thank the Lord!

The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.  (Ps 121:7 NIV)  This verse says that the Lord will keep us safe.

God is the one who establishes us with you in Christ and who anointed us.  (2 Cor 1:21 CEB)  This verse is again speaking about establishing God’s people. 

Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.  (Rom 14:4 ESV)  This Scripture says that the Lord is able to make His servant stand, or to establish that servant.  God is so praiseworthy!

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.  (2 Thes 2:16-17 NKJV, emphasis added)  This passage again mentions that God shall not only establish us, but He will comfort our hearts.

We serve a loving and faithful God who fulfills His promises.  Remember, whenever you are feeling vulnerable or ineffectual, that God is working for you, through you, and with you to establish you.  Glory to God!