How easily we can fall into this trap! One minute we are thinking straight, our theology is good (or so we think), and all is well with the world. Then,. Suddenly, things change dramatically. Another crisis hits us between the eyes, we are reeling. During the day we battle to keep afloat, and then at night…no sleep, lots of worried tossing and turning.

Faith can seem so very hard in those situations. Yet Christ knows this. He knows and understands our vulnerability and weakness. His response is always amazing compassion.

Yet he does not just talk about the Kingdom he has ushered in. He demonstrates it to us, just as he did in the first Century A.D. Instead of giving lengthy talks about who He claimed to be, he showed everyone by healing and loving his own.

Next time you face bad things happening in your life instead of desperately  trying to mould God into who you think he needs to be, allow yourself to let God be God, look around and see that even in what seems to be overbearing darkness God is busy and doing exactly what needs to be done.

Christopher+