“Through the Spirit’s power, we must be willing to take up our crosses and follow Jesus through death, knowing that in the new heavens, we will be sated, justice will roll down, and suffering and evil will be no more. We need more than a resilient patience. We need a resurrected faith, where we see dry seasons, evil, and desolation not as deviations from God’s blessing but as part of the cycle of death and resurrection that happens a million times through the trajectory of a life.
And more than that, God has always been with his people even when his face has been hidden. The origin of all truthful promise keeping, he will not go back on his word; he will never leave or forsake us.”
—Ashley Hales in “Christianity Today”
My prayer this week: Dear God, give me a resurrected faith. Please renew my heart, my mind, and my spirit. When I feel forsaken, remind me that I am not. When I feel alone, make yourself known again to me in new ways. Thank you for being a promise-keeping God — the One who has already defeated suffering and death for my sake.
