Pastor's Corner

for Sunday May 3rd.
Are you in good hands?
“Do not be anxious about anything...”(Phil 4:6) Easier said than done, right? How do you remain calm when you wonder every day if today you will be laid off from work like thousands of others? How do you remain calm when you send your kids off to school with the swine flu going around? To be sure there are many things to cause us alarm. How does a Christian keep calm while everyone else is in a panic? Here’s how, we accept that ALL God’s dealings with us are good. We remember that God is sovereign over everything. Listen to these words from Deuteronomy, “There is none like God,... who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” (Deut. 33:26-27) Whatever happens to you is from His hand, and since He is a good God everything that comes from His hand is good. When struggle and hard times come our way we know that He is not punishing us (those of us who are Christians) but He is using these events to purify His elect as gold is purified through fire. (1Peter 1:6-9) So be encouraged, you are upheld by the everlasting arms!
Pastor Don