Do You Believe God is Still a Rescuer?

Do you believe God is still a rescuer?

We might wonder where God is and what He’s doing. Does He still rescue?

Difficulty often brings disorientation. Questions. Wonderings. Sometimes our thoughts are in conflict with related emotions. At other times, they are in conflict with unrelated ones. Either way, our disorientation can cause us to feel like we’re swirling out of control. We might wonder where God is and what He’s doing. Does He still rescue?

For the last several years, we’ve been roiled by a worldwide, deadly pandemic. Closer to home, in the United States, unhealed, national wounds, connected to social and racial brokenness, inequity, discrimination, racism, and prejudice have surfaced. At the same time, we’re watching in horror as a large, influential country, seemingly out of nowhere, is attempting to conquer its smaller neighbor.

In our disorientation, it can be hard to find a center point.

We might ask, where is God?

Who do you think He is in this disorientation? Do you believe He still rescues?

For me, this time mirrors the circumstances in my life from 2015 to 2018. I lived through three bewildering years of uncertainty, questions, and unpredictability. I deeply longed for stability. I wanted my disorientation to end. To come out okay. To feel okay. In tact.

In the book of Jonah, disorientation runs high.

Circumstances seem to unravel. Out of control.

And yet, God is nothing like who Jonah thinks.

He’s still a Rescuer.

But don’t take my word for it. Delve into the four short chapters yourself.

Ask God to show you who He is….