New Dawn: Facing Fear 365Sample

When we are trapped in the present, surrounded by destruction, and it seems like there’s no hope to be found and nothing on the horizon, we have to trust that the story doesn’t end there.

God has not abandoned us to our situation. Christ’s story is the evidence that death is one step towards inevitable resurrection in Him. Up close and in the moment, Jesus’ death on the cross paints the most harrowing of images.

Jesus was left to die alone, bruised and bloodied, and it looked like all hope was gone. When we, too, are face to face with death, in the midst of the chaos of losing something or someone, it can feel like an all-consuming fire. There seems to be no way out through the black smoke of fear.

We may feel bruised and bloodied and on the edge of giving up, but we must hold on. In time – God’s time – resurrection comes, healing comes, and restoration comes. God is not defeated by death, and neither is the Spirit of Christ within us. Even if there are no signs of life, even if it’s been years since the sun has shone in your life, the dawn will break. If there’s one thing I can promise you, it is that. Hold on, resurrection is coming.