“Don’t panic. I’m with you.
There’s no need to fear for I’m your God.
I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you.
I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you” (Isaiah 41:10).
There’s a wonderful series of books called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, in which all sorts of sci-fi shenanigans occur and in which one electronic book features prominently, the book after which the series is named, On the cover in big friendly letters are the words “Don’t Panic!”
I think that’s very good advice for these uncertain days.
No matter which way you lean politically, the end is not nigh if the opposition wins. America is not done for if “they” win.
No matter how out of control you feel right now, despair will not have the last word.
No matter how much you avoid looking in the mirror because you detest the image looking back, those voices in your head will not have the last word.
God will have the last word. Jesus already had the last words when He cried out on the cross: “It is finished!”
For those who have clung to the cross as their last desperate hope, victory is the final word. Peace is the final word. Joy is the final word.
I have read the last word of the last page of the Great Story. It is Amen. The Bible ends with the promise that the final victory is for all those who will simply drop their pretenses and come.
That’s the invitation. Come to Jesus just as you are, not after you’ve cleaned yourself up and pulled yourself up by your own bootstraps and vastly improved your morality. Just come, you and your scars and regrets and shame. He will never cast out anyone who comes to Him in earnest faith.