Often when things don’t seem to go right in this life, we start feeling like we’ve

been left on our own. Pressures surround, troubles cling, we may be facing
huge loss, or we find ourselves in long seasons of waiting.
God’s timing seems off.
We start feeling alone, forgotten, defeated, filled with doubt.
“If God was really with us, then why did that happen?”
“If God was really with us, then why hasn’t He come through?”
That He would be called, “….Immanuel, which means, God with us.”
The powerful Truth spoken through Isaiah the prophet 700 years before Jesus
was even born is still so relevant and needed today.
This season of the year can remind us more than anything, that God made a
way, to be right here "with us."
Don’t ever doubt or fear that He’s not with you. He hasn’t lost control. He
hasn’t forgotten you.
Don't ever doubt that God doesn't know what He's doing, in this life, in the
world. That's a lie straight from the enemy. What He's allowed in our lives,
even the most difficult of things, He will use for good somehow.
As much as we can wish it were so, God doesn't always take us around our
troubles. Sometimes He leads us straight through. Into the darkness, into the
fire, into the deep.
But He's faithful...to carry us through.
We're not meant to stay stuck in the trial. He won't let the hardships define us.
For when we belong to Him, He's the only One who has the power to define
our days. He breathes life and meaning. And He says we're set free,
redeemed, He says He gives us a future and a hope.