Believing God - With every passing year, the gap between what Christians profess to believe and what they actually do believe (and therefore do in light of that belief) grows. A recent survey by George Barna reveals that only 17% of Christians have a Christian worldview. Many of us, it seems, are just as influenced by political, spiritual, and materialist claims contrary to Scripture as we are by the Bible itself. I believe this gap widens in our own lives when we are confronted by circumstances that make us less willing to trust and follow God. So, John the Baptist is a good example to us of how to live in light of the gospel promises of God, when it seems like life isn’t going our way. Join us this Sunday as we conclude John 3 with John the Baptist exalting Jesus again for his fearful disciples. John 3:22-36.
The New Year is a great time to revisit the story of Jesus, because our hope for the future is only as secure as our grounding in the person and work of Christ for us. Even though this Gospel isn’t about us, it is for us—Jesus is the Word who is life, and that life is the light of all men. No matter what future you are staring down this New Year, I want you to have the unshakable confidence that the Word which spoke life into being holds your life in his hands and the darkness will not overcome it.
