135: Remain confident in this | Psalm 27:13

At times, life will get crazy. But remain confident in one thing: You will see the goodness of God in your life.

Let’s be honest. Sometimes life sucks. It does. As Christians, we have to be honest about this. Actually, I’ll put it another way. I cannot stand it when some pastors or churches or Christians only want to act like life should be all rainbows and lollipops if you are following Jesus. Stay close to God and blessings will flow nonstop. That’s total crap. If it were the truth, then what do we say to Paul, Peter, and most of the other apostles who went through heartache, pain, or lost their lives for the Gospel? The Christian life isn’t have a perfect life. No, the Christian life is about being honest about living in a broken world, yet having a Savior and God who loves us and takes care of us at every turn. David knew this. You know, King David. David and Goliath, David. David, who wrote most of the Psalms, David. That guy. In Psalm 27, he is being honest about the fact that life doesn’t always look like we want it to. But he ends Psalm 27 (second to last verse) with this statement: “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” I love this. Hey, sometimes life sucks. Sometimes it doesn’t work out on paper. But we can be confident of this: We WILL see the goodness of God in our lives!

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