By Pastor Andrew Farland
People seem to fall into one of three types of categories: those that are in a struggle, those coming out of a struggle, and those about to go into a struggle!
But with God, no matter which group we find ourselves going into or coming out of, we have a reason to be thankful and joyful! Your circumstances might make you sad, angry, depressed, or rejected. Any of those emotions might tempt you to drop your head and look down at the ground under your feet.
Stop looking at the situation you’re in.
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Taking our eyes off of our situation and putting them onto our Savior changes everything. God promises to keep in perfect peace those whose eyes are fixed on Him, and that’s because He is our joy.
That joy exists regardless of the reason for our struggles if we’re just willing to look up and see it.
He is our reason to be thankful!
HABAKKUK 3:17–18
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.”
Be encouraged today because God is with you.
