Acts 2

"'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope, because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.'" v. 25-28

in this passage, Peter tells the people of Jerusalem what David once said about God. this short passage is kind of making me think more about Cornerstone, and the predicaments we're in right now. i'm ashamed to admit, that sometimes my heart really fears for the future of our church. but God's been telling me day to day that the future of a church is not in the hands of the servants, but that it's all up to God. if a church is to be the body and Christ as the head, to say that a church is dying is to say that Christ is dying. aaaand we all know that that can't be anymore further from the truth. God really rebuked me in the past couple weeks as i meditated and prayed and listened to His words, because this whole time i was thinking that I control my own future. i was always thinking that we were lords of our life, but it's not. and that's why i constantly dreaded coming to church and praying for it, because i was trying to put my hope in people, not God. and that's probably one of the most stupidest things i could've done.

the bible constantly tells us that God is with the humble, brokenhearted, the weak. when God hears his people crying out to him, he doesn't abandon but rushes to their side. right now, our church is bleeding. God's not going to let us bleed out and die- he'll come to our rescue and heal all that's been broken and forsaken.