I am a Jesus pusher!!! I have experienced the growing awareness of despair. The inward relentless pressure has convinced me things are not right. Someone should do something; but it is so out of control. In every area of society things are in a downhill slide. It cannot be stopped. Even the church has joined the slide. All is lost; I slip into depression. But wait there is Jesus. He is my hope. He is the ray of light at the end of the tunnel. He is the large hand grabbing me from the slippery slide. Everything is all right; someone is in charge. He is adequate. Jesus is my hope.
Discouragement, dismay, defeat are words not found in my vocabulary. They do not exist in Him. He has lifted my eyesight to the view of His great purpose. He is working a plan; He is the plan. It is not positive thinking or wishful desires. It is the reality of all things working together for good as found in the midst of His person (Romans 8:28). He has repeatedly taken what was intended to be bad and gloriously made it good. He has come in the fullness of His Spirit to do this within; He is coming again in the physical to do this without. He is my hope. I rest comfortably in His arms. There is no worry there. We are safe in Him. I am a Jesus pusher!!!