Hope for a Broken World by Alexis A. Goring

Hope for a Broken World

A devotional by Alexis A. Goring

There’s a song that Andrew Peterson leads a choir in singing, and it is simply breathtaking! The SONG is titled, “Is He Worthy?”

Here’s my paraphrase of the song lyrics: The world that we live in is broken! It can be very dark but that will never stop God’s Light from breaking through! Deep in our hearts, we yearn for our planet to be made new. All of God’s Creation is crying out in pain. We need our Creator to rescue us.

But there is hope because God already put in place a plan to rescue us from this sin-ridden planet. Read John 3:16. He sent His Son (Jesus Christ) to show us the way to Heaven. Jesus was born as a baby (Yes the Christmas story is REAL) in the town of Bethlehem (which is located in the Middle East) to a virgin mother named Mary (it was a miracle) who was engaged to marry a kind man named Joseph. Mary raised Jesus and taught him about His true identity as the Son of God. From the start, Jesus loved spending time in His Father’s House (the temple or synagogue or what we in the USA call “church”). He was devoted to God, rose early in the morning to not only pray to God but to take time to hear Him and get strength for the journey.

Jesus was on a special mission that only He could accomplish: Put the plan of salvation in place to save the souls of humankind. This meant that Jesus, after His ministry on Earth was complete, had to die. He was crucified on the Cross of Calvary (as Christians call it), which is, according to PBS.org, “a spot outside Jerusalem called Golgotha.”

But He didn’t stay in the tomb. After three days, He rose again! Read Luke 24 (in The Holy Bible) for the full story. After seeing the people who He loved while he ministered on Earth, He went home to Heaven to see His Father (God) and serve as the Mediator between God and mankind. To this day, Jesus is still serving as our Mediator and Ultimate Advocate! He is our High Priest. The Bible says that He is able to sympathize with everything we go through here on Earth (Hebrews 4:15) because He’s been through it too! Only He did not sin.

Best of all, He is coming back to take His faithful followers home to Heaven! When? Only God knows the time (Matthew 24:36). All we need to do is to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior and then follow Him. The Bible says that as believers in God, we have a “Great Commission” (Matthew 28:16-20) to tell the world about Jesus! It is our duty as Christians to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with every person we meet. Just because we do not know the exact date and time when Jesus is coming back to take us home, that’s not an excuse for us to not live like we’re on fire for God! The time is now to tell the world about Jesus! Tomorrow is not promised to anyone so don’t waste a minute!

If you had discovered the cure to cancer, would you keep it to yourself? No! Of course not! You’d tell the scientists, doctors, family, friends, the news media, and the entire world! Why? Because your discovery has the power to save lives!

Well, my dear friends, may I remind you that followers of Jesus Christ have “discovered” the “Good News” which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ! And in that gospel is the truth that Jesus can save your soul! In that Gospel is the promise of eternity for all who give their life to Christ! In that Gospel is the message of HOPE for all the hurting hearts in this broken world! In that Gospel is the revelation of God who loves you, me, and all of humanity with all of His heart (1 John 4:16). In that Gospel are glimpses of the beauty beyond compare of our Heavenly Home (1 Corinthians 2:9). Best of all, in that Gospel is a roadmap of how to make it from Earth to Heaven (John 14:6). Someone once said that the B.I.B.L.E. (acronym for The Bible) means “Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.”

Dearest of hearts, don’t you want to see your Lord and Savior break through those clouds to rescue you and all of His children, wake your loved ones who lived for Him from their sleep of death in the grave, change our original, earthly bodies from mortal to immortal heavenly bodies (1 Corinthians 15:52) and take us on the ultimate journey that is completely free of charge (journeying from Earth to Heaven)?

There is so much hope in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Won’t you share it?

Now let’s return to my mention of that song, “Is He Worthy?” by Andrew Peterson and take one more look at my paraphrase of it. I’d like to simply say that only Jesus Christ is “worthy” to save us because He completed His rescue mission when He conquered the grave. He didn’t stay dead! He lives! We serve a Risen Savior who is very active in our world today!

So don’t lose hope! Always know and remember the beautiful truth that God is Real, God loves you and He is coming again to rescue His children!

In closing, I’d like for you to listen to one more song, “Rescue” by Lauren Daigle.

Remember that you have Hope! His Name is Jesus (Christ).

About Alexis: Alexis A. Goring is a passionate writer with a degree in Print Journalism and an MFA in Creative Writing. She loves the art of storytelling and hopes that her stories will connect readers with the enduring, forever love of Jesus Christ.