Are you in need of some good news? Do you seeking to have a broken heart mended? Are you feeling oppressed and longing to be freed? Has depression overcome you and you need someone to lift you up? Are you mourning and in need of comfort?
We all go through trying times in our lives. Our heart can be broken when a relationship ends. We may feel as though we are in a no-win situation. Depression can set in after having things go wrong. A loved one passes away, leaving us feeling empty or alone.
All these situations and feeling are normal. But that doesn’t make them easy to deal with. Knowing they will come doesn’t make it easier either. We can prepare ourselves as much as we possibly can and still be overcome by our emotions. Our reactions to them are different for each individual. Some of us want others to be around us. Others want to be left alone.
God promised long ago to send someone to be us throughout all situations—good and bad. Jesus Christ came to fulfill today’s Scripture. He promised to send his Holy Spirit to live within us forever (John 14:16-17) so that we would never be alone, so that God would always be with us. This is the promise of old made in Isaiah 7:14 and quoted in Matthew 1:22-23 that is fulfilled in the birth and life of Jesus and the giving of the Holy Spirit.
As we go through the ups and downs of life, we can find strength, endurance, peace, and comfort in God. He will never abandon us. We can lean on him at any time in any circumstance. Knowing this, truly knowing it deep in our hearts, can relieve us of our fears, anxiety, and stress.
I pray we all know that God is always with us. I pray we lean on him every day of our lives. I pray each one of us seek strength, endurance, peace, and comfort from the Holy Spirit who lives within us. Know God is always with you. Lean on God. Know that Jesus came for you. Be strengthened by the Holy Spirit. Be comforted by God.
Isaiah 61:1-2
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and release to the prisoners;
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
Marty Pressey 