Pastor Rob Brooks, Tehachapi Church of the Nazarene
Luke 18:1-8
It has been said, wrongly I might add, that all we can count on is death and taxes. While this is usually said sarcastically and somewhere around April 15th, it can feel as though there is some truth to the statement, but its base thought is derived from a sense of hopelessness. Just as those who feel the glass is half empty, so is the sense within our culture that all is loss!
As followers of Jesus, our outlook for our world and even our own culture as well as the church, should exude confidence. There is hope in our world, all is not loss because of Jesus.
What are you counting on today? Who are you counting on today? Is what or who you are counting on rooted and derived from the current debates of our day? Is it in a political party or social ideas? Or is it in the One who brings hope to the hopeless? Are you just rolling the dice in hopes of a better future or following the One who gives you life, value and purpose?
