Unbroken Faith

He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the flock under His care. Psalm 95, verse 7. Welcome to this daily encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Unbroken Faith was written and read by Sochul Dixon. Psalm 95, verses 1 to 7. Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord. Let us shout aloud to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him. The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship. Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, for He is our God.

And we are the people of His pasture, the flock under His care. Unbroken Faith. When Diane Doko Kim and her husband learned that their son's diagnosis was autism, she struggled with the very real possibility that her cognitively disabled son might outlive her. She cried out to God, what will He do without me to care for Him? God surrounded her with a support system of other adults raising children with disabilities. He empowered Diane to trust Him with her often unexplainable guilt, feelings of inadequacy, and fear. Eventually, in her book Unbroken Faith, Diane offered hope for spiritual recovery to other adults raising children with disabilities.

As her son enters adulthood, Diane's faith remains intact. She trusts that God will always care for her and her son. Uncertainties in life can harden our hearts toward God. We may be tempted to place our faith in other things or people, including ourselves. We can, however, depend on the rock of our salvation, a phrase from the Psalms that points to the certainty of God's character. In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.

The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land. We can live with Unbroken Faith, worshiping our Lord, our Maker. We can trust Him to be with us and those we love, because we're the flock under His care. Let's pray. Great God, thank You for promising to care for us and all those You created in Your image, including our loved ones. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. As you go about your day, reflect on these questions. How has God shown that He cares for you and your loved ones when you've felt helpless? How does knowing the certainty of His character help you trust Him as a promise keeper?