Do you ever look around at the mess that this world has become and the difficulty and problems of your own life and feel like you want to wring your hands of the whole place? Have you ever just mentally zoomed out enough to survey the whole human experience and then decided that you’re totally over it and tired of it? Are you sick of the news stories about starving kids and oppressed people groups who are longing for basic needs and are being denied aid by rich, twisted and seemingly unstoppable 3rd-world overlords? Are you fed up with the pain and suffering of people in the last stages of diseases so cruel that their progressive symptoms sound like the stuff of horror movies? Are you tired of the pointless drama that comes from the rampant selfishness that’s in basically every heart, that breaks friendships up, tears families apart and ruins ministries? Have you gotten to the place where you look around at the problems of this world and the people in it and you’re so overwhelmed and frustrated that you just want to toss the whole place in the bin and start over? If you’ve ever felt like that, I have good news for you. Jesus is your answer. An ancient prophecy promised the rising of One who would bring good news to the poor, freedom to the prisoners, sight for the blind, release for the oppressed and the favor of the Lord. Jesus said He is the fulfillment of those ancient promises, and although His kingdom is growing slowly, it’s growing. Every heart that trusts in Him quickens the day when He will make everything right and new. Keep believing in Him. He’s our answer!
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