FACING LIFE'S CHALLENGES

   As we embark on a new year, we are hopeful and optimistic. Yet we know that each year is filled with peaks and valleys. 

   There will be challenges. How will we face them? What will be our strategy?

   As King Jehoshaphat faced an invasion, he said to the Lord, We don't know what to do, but our eyes are on you. Then God's Spirit spoke through one of the men of Judah, Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is  not yours, but God's. 2 Chronicles 20:15. 

   The people began to sing and praise the Lord, who defeated the invaders. 

   Whatever challenges we face in life, we have a choice to turn to God and bow down before him, or to run away in fear. 

   The Lord desires to give us victory. We are called to follow Christ for a purpose - to trust him to do the impossible. Our life is in his hands. 

                           Excerpts from Be Still and Know, published by Barbour Publishing, Inc.