Perfect Timing

So change is not easy nor is it without pain.  That is exactly where I am at right now.  In the midst of change and a lot of it.  Having to get used to a whole new season in life is NOT easy.

This is taken from my morning devotional.  Perfect timing if you ask me...

"God who keeps our fires burning, burning throught the darkest night."

Sometimes life around us can develop a really negative and cynical tone.l  It could be a discouraging news story or a conversation about 'what's wrong with the world' - but you don't have to venture too far to find a dreary outlook or hopeless mindset.  As worshippers of Jesus it's improtant we don't let this attituden seep inoto our hearts and minds.  We're not to be escapist Christians who keep themselves from the reality of the world, and nor are we to sing a merry song over and above all the pain and noise in a nattempt to ignore it or drown it out.  No.  We must engage with the issues of the day and run headlong into the culture around us.  But at the same time we're called to maintain a different nimdset inthe midst of it - never losing hope, never giving up on joy, and becoming bright-thiniing worshippers, full of truth-filled optimism.

Towards the beginning fo Psalm 18 it is clear that the writer is not living an easy or hassle-free existence.  But still his confidence is in God:
"You O Lord keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light." (vs. 28)

God will keep your fires burining, and He will keep the dreams he gave you alive.

***Taken from "Devotions from Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons"