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Day 15: God Has Not Deserted Us


March 30, 2020


My favorite commercial is the one where the guy (thinks he) is stranded on a deserted island and he toils and struggles to survive (like Tom Hanks in the movie “Castaway”) until one day he is rescued by someone in a helicopter. He asks “Are you from search and rescue?” and she replies “No, I’m from the resort!”As they fly upward he looks back over his shoulder and realizes that the whole time he thought he was “marooned on a deserted island” he was actually only a short walk through the jungle from the resort where he had been staying. His face as he says “whaaa?” makes me laugh every time. These circumstances we find ourselves in are rather isolating. Like this guy, we may not have all our usual luxuries (or necessities-hello, toilet paper and butter). And we may not know exactly "where we are".  But we are not alone. God has not deserted us. He wants a relationship with us. He wants us to call on Him. And we don’t have to walk through a jungle to get to that beautiful, peaceful oasis. We only have to say the name of Jesus. In Acts 17:27 the Bible says: “His purpose in all of this is that they should seek after God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us.” God is right there. We only have to call His name. He will rescue us! Smile! Choose joy today!
Watch the commercial on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/264523282?ref=em-v-share

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