Someone has wronged you. Cheated you. Stolen from you. Abused you. Insulted you. Abandoned you. Cut-your-legs-out-from-under you. What they have done to you weighs you down, plagues you, haunts you, angers you. It hurts. How do you respond?
In Matthew …
Why? It always comes down to that. We ask God, “Why?” “Why the car accident? Why did the ATV flip over? Why the cancer or heart attack? Why the lay-off and unemployment? Why the divorce?” We always ask “why”, but …
Who can you trust? The prophet Habakkuk was in an awful situation. His nation, Israel, was in moral and cultural decline. God was punishing them for sin and disobedience, and He was using their enemy, Babylon, to administer His justice. …
“Are these the last days? Are these the end times?” The answer is, “Yes.” Jesus died and rose and ascended to the right hand of the Father. He will return soon, and we are one day closer today than yesterday. …