Think about the top news stories going on today domestically and abroad. What emotions do these stories bring to you? Confident? Uplifted? Full of hope? Joyful? Peaceful? Loved? If you do, please call me right away, I want to hear about it!
On the contrary, I imagine time spent following news stories gives us a glimpse into what Hell might feel like. Hopelessness, pain, despair, separation, destruction, and mourning. I believe we often feel these emotions because we are putting our faith and trust in the wrong things, and because the father of lies is behind a tremendous amount of manipulation.
The only person to put our faith and trust in is the only one who is faithful and true, and that is none other than Jesus Christ:
“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. (Rev 3:14)
Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. (Rev 19:11)
Jesus is the ultimate in faithful because of what he did: He remained faithful to his calling in living sinless, and then surrendered his body to be crucified. He is the ultimate in “true” because he defeated death through the resurrection. He did these things for us, this is the Good News!
What if for just one day the world skipped the headlines and got the Good News and truth from the Bible? Stories of love, redemption, joy, miracles, forgiveness and promises of hope for a wonderful future all all right at our fingertips. The choice is ours, do not be deceived: Faith in a broken world full of lies, or faith and hope in the one who is faithful and true.
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?(Romans 8:31)