EMPEZANDO UN NUEVO AÑO SIN TEMORES


¿Anhelas el año nuevo, dispuesto y listo para los nuevos retos y oportunidades que están por delante? ¿O estás, como yo, algo inquieto y quizás preocupado por lo que te espera y las noticias que puedas recibir antes de finalizar el 2018? Sabemos, por experiencias anteriores, que no todos los años son lo que podríamos llamar un buen año, y sospecho que muchas personas arriban el primero de enero con diferentes medidas de temor.

Hace unos días estuve leyendo el Salmo 112, un salmo que nos habla sobre el hombre justo. En el verso siete me detuve repentinamente.

“No tendrá temor de malas noticias…”

 

Malas noticias. ¿No es eso lo que tanto tememos? Noticias de enfermedad, pérdida de trabajo, angustia, fracaso… la lista no tiene fin. ¡Sin embargo, este hombre extraordinario no tiene miedo!

¿Por qué? ¿Porque tiene dinero, un buen doctor e hijos obedientes?

“No tendrá temor de malas noticias; Su corazón está firme, confiado en Jehová.”

 

Su secreto es su confianza en el Señor. Tiene un corazón firme, asentado y seguro. Este hombre sabe que el Señor lo puede librar de problemas y angustias, pero, más que eso, sabe que el Señor lo puede sustentar en medio de los problemas y angustias. Él sabe que todo lo que el Señor permite es sólo para nuestro bien. Nada se sale de su control. Él es totalmente digno de nuestra confianza.

Así que, al arribar este nuevo y desconocido año, seamos como el hombre justo en el Salmo 112 – sin temor de malas noticias, porque nuestros corazones están firmes, confiados en el Señor.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

ROMANS 8:28 – HURTFUL PLATITUDE OR HOPEFUL COMFORT?

Image
  You’ve just received some devastating news, unlike any you’ve ever received before. It feels as if you’ve been struck a massive blow, and you’re reeling with pain and confusion. Life, as you’ve known it, will never be the same again. While you are in the depths of your anguish, a well-meaning acquaintance sends a text, seeking to comfort you in whatever way he or she can. They quote the following verse – We know that all things work together for good to them that love God… (Romans 8:28) As you read the words, what is your reaction? Are they like a soothing balm to a wound? Or do they sting worse than salt? This verse is deemed by many as one of the worst you could quote to people who are suffering. In fact, I even came across an online article which instructs the readers not to use this verse in these situations. If you conducted a survey and asked which verse people liked having quoted to them in times of difficulty, I have a feeling that this one might be at the bottom of the list.
Read more

TESTIMONY MONDAY – RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL

Image
Each Monday, for a number of weeks, someone from around the world has shared the story of how they heard the gospel and trusted the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. Our final contributor is a lady from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.  I was born in 1927 in a rural area of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. All my family and relatives were devout, practising Roman Catholics. I got married when I was 17 years old and had 12 children. When I was 45 my husband died. It was only when I was 54, in 1981, that I first came into contact with the gospel.  One of my sons, Roberto, was saved that year, by the grace of God, and soon started telling me about God’s salvation.  Through his influence I began attending meetings in the Gospel Hall in Porto Alegre and stopped practising my religion. However, it was only 28 years later that I really thought much about the eternal destiny of my soul. At the end of 2009, one of my sons-in-law died and I went to stay for a while with my widowed daughter. At that time a se
Read more

TESTIMONY MONDAY – NOEL KERSLAKE, AUSTRALIA

Image
Each Monday, for a number of weeks, someone from around the world shares the story of how they heard the gospel and trusted the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. This week’s contributor is Noel Kerslake, who lives with his wife, Jenny, in Gosford, Australia. They have a deep interest in the salvation of souls and regularly go to rural shows and markets with free Bibles and Scripture wall plaques, and have supplied many thousands of these pictures for distribution in Australia for over 20 years, and now more recently through a friend in the UK. I was raised in a Christian home with both of my parents being saved when I was four years old. My father was brought up in a Christian home and my mother was raised in a home where she and her parents were practising Jehovah’s Witnesses. My father was saved first and then my mother approximately three weeks later. My parents were baptised and belonged to a local assembly, and I was bought up under the sound of the gospel, for which I am very than
Read more