When we look closely at and take time to examine the hazards we face, we’ll discover that God is right there – in the midst of all the drama. He is on our side. And he will help. We may survive by the skin of our teeth, but we will survive. We speak words of praise in a hellish world. We sing songs of praise when things get messy. We live lives of joy amongst depression. Because God is the center of our world. He defines our lives – not our culture. And it is His help we experience, not the hazards we face, that shapes the content of our character.
The Bible begins with a journey. “By faith Abraham…set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tent…he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” (Hebrews 11:8–10, CSB)
Abraham never found the place for which his heart longed and his soul yearned while he was alive.
Life is a journey. Each oasis we find in the desert ultimately fails to satisfy. We live in tents…but the city we desire remains just out of reach.
We’ll going to look at the Psalms in order to investigate what we need to reach that city.
When we look closely at and take time to examine the hazards we face, we’ll discover that God is right there – in the midst of all the drama. He is on our side. And he will help. We may survive by the skin of our teeth, but we will survive. We speak words of praise in a hellish world. We sing songs of praise when things get messy. We live lives of joy amongst depression. Because God is the center of our world. He defines our lives – not our culture. And it is His help we experience, not the hazards we face, that shapes the content of our character.
The Bible begins with a journey. “By faith Abraham…set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tent…he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” (Hebrews 11:8–10, CSB)
Abraham never found the place for which his heart longed and his soul yearned while he was alive.
Life is a journey. Each oasis we find in the desert ultimately fails to satisfy. We live in tents…but the city we desire remains just out of reach.
We’ll going to look at the Psalms in order to investigate what we need to reach that city.
Loving Others
