Signs of the Times

The news today should bolt us to attention that Matthew 24 is in progress. I thought the quake in Haiti was bad, but to have a quake, tsunami and fires all in one is unbelievable. Yet we should not be troubled.

Jesus has told us this will come to pass. The encouraging verse is Matt 24:13 "But he who endures to the end will be saved." Then go several chapters further to Matt 28:20 and find an awesome promise "Lo I will be with you always, even to the end of the age."

Sometimes we feel alone, but we are not alone! God has gone before us. He knows the way we walk. Follow Him. I think back to the quake in Haiti. So alone, so many could not find their families. I remember that night I lay on the hospital grounds, people cried out names to find family members. Most heard no replies. Then there were those who were alone, and no one came to find them. Alone!

There are so many examples in scripture of people who were alone—Noah, Abraham, Hagar, Daniel, David, Ruth, Elijah, Jeremiah, and many more. Walk in their shoes if you can. Each had seasons of loneliness but also had definite encounters with God. We want to the encounters with God without any hardships.

Be alone with God, and your alone times will be with God.

God bless you. Pray for those in the quake and tsunami today.