Goes the distance

 From Louie Giglio, Don't Give The Enemy A Seat At Your Table

God goes the distance with you.

Don't ever let the Enemy say that if God was really with you, then your circumstances would be different.

When the situation seems to be eroding from under our feet, the Enemy always arrives with the same speech: "If God really loved you, He would do something different for you. Your circumstances would be better now."

No. God always loves you. God is always for you, God always has a plan. And even in whatever situation you might be facing, God is always with you. He's with you the entire time. And this changes your outlook to know that almighty God is in every circumstance with you.

A disservice is done by any brand of Christianity that promises there's always going to be a better road ahead, or insists that your circumstances will change or claims everything is going to work out right and all your wildest dreams will come true every time. No, we live on a broken planet. We're in a fight for our lives in a dying world. And we follow a Savior who was crucified in the middle of it all.

Sometimes our circumstances don't add up to the dream we have envisioned, but that never means God isn't with us. Look at Hebrews 13:5, just one of the places where God promises, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

That truth alone--God never leaves us or forsakes us--that's a game changer.