Sometimes, looking at this dark world and seeing the enemy at work, it is hard to believe God is doing something good.
We live in a world where "people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them," 2 Peter 2:17. "They promise [us] freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity," 2 Peter 2:19.
It's all so very misleading. There are people at school that lead you to believe the only way to happiness is to go to parties for "fun," or to be popular (solution: bake cupcakes for everyone, eat the same cupcakes that popular people eat- especially Matt).
But it all just leads to emptiness- to springs without water. It seems promising, but we walk away more thirsty than ever before.
But there is hope in Jesus. For he says,
"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:19
What a promise! He tells us that he is filling us with streams and purpose! But we won't find it anywhere but in Him.
So whether your family feels broken or you feel almost meaningless, God is making a way. He is filling you with streams. Sometimes we won't be able to see what he is doing, and we'll feel frustrated or abandoned, but if you believe that God remembers his children, then do not fret.
"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine." Isaiah 43:1
