But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9, NIV)
Instead
of promises that end up being empty and void of their reward; God
surprises in what can seem and look quite empty and void of hope. In a
world and culture where things are over promised and yet found to be
illusive in their satisfying ability; God promises become a truth that
will always sustain and satisfy us. God comes in what seems empty and
void of hope to bring us the tremendous and priceless gifts of His grace
and love. He comes in loss with His presence.
He
comes in the broken to heal. God comes when His promises seem
impossible in the empty and void with His steadfast love to uphold us
and His mighty power to deliver us.
There
is something quite powerful in God’s coming to His children in empty
places, void of even the smallest amounts of promise. We tend to delight
in God’s blessings of joy, provision and abundance but seldom recognize
or acknowledge the greater importance of the reversal He brings when
things are empty and hopelessly void of promise. God created life itself
on this earth in the empty and void and He certainly will create new in
the empty of all loss and the void of all uncertainty.
It
is at the empty cross, we find forgiveness and grace. At the empty
tomb, we find eternal life and victory over death. In the empty Easter
clothes left behind by the Risen Lord, we find the gift of the Holy
Spirit. In the empty places in our life, lacking in hope … we often find
the wings of God which can lift us up to hope again and His hands which
redeem us by His love and provide for our every need and healing.
The
guarantee and surety of our Savior coming in the empty places where the
void is glaring and hopelessly bleak, is truly remarkable and
incredible. God comes because His steadfast love endures forever and He
will always deliver grace sufficient for each and every void we may find
in our lives. Rejoice … your Savior delights in coming in the empty and
seemingly void of promise. He will come.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100:5, NIV)
Suggested Reading … Psalm 100
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