What Now?

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12077181.post-1128048829604011312005-09-29T23:07:00.000-04:002005-09-29T23:07:22.893-04:00What Now?How should the Christian react to news, unexpected news, bad news? Yes, I've had some bad news in my life. In my case, the cancer is winning. The doctor said that this is the time to get in touch with Hospice. He also said that the time frame for my survival is a matter of weeks, and not in months. Listen to God's Word : 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 ESV (5) For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. (6) For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (7) But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. (8) We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; (9) persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; (10) always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. (11) For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. (12) So death is at work in us, but life in you. Death is the enemy. Jesus conqured sin and death at the cross. I can look at the future -- even with the likelyhood that I will die -- confident that the power of Christ's cross is here and that I will see God's promises fulfilled. What matters is that each of us knows that God promises are true and reliable. And so we face the future with confidence, confidence in the God who is there for each of us. Doc Steve <div class="blogger-post-footer">Rom 1:16 I'm not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power to save everyone who believes, Jews first and Greeks as well. </div>Doc Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07874236976304152950noreply@blogger.com