A crisis often serves to reveal our hidden fears that Jesus doesn’t really care about what happens to us. But what if Jesus allows crises to expose those fears, so that we will learn to cry out to Him, to trust His heart, and to take Him more seriously?
Jesus was born into a nation eagerly waiting for the Messiah who would rescue His people and make God’s restorative rule on earth a reality. His mission was simple: to announce God’s kingdom, to give a preview of what life in God’s kingdom would look like, and to explain God’s kingdom to people who misunderstood…