Jesus Turns Things Around

Acts 9.31-43: Do you ever find yourself with the attitude that this is the way it is going to be forever and nothing is going to change it and that is that? This is called fatalism and it is a devastating feeling that can affect us in many ways. We can think about this when it comes to marriage, parenting, work and society as a whole. It is the thought that it has been this way for a while and it is not going to change, but even probably get worse. Such attitudes and pessimistic views is not what Jesus wants us to have as His people. He instead wants us to have an open-ended expectancy. He wants us to have hope that things can turn around. That is the message of Acts and the kingdom of God. Things will turn around because Jesus is alive, He is in charge of the world and He butts in and changes things. That is what we have seen in the last couple of weeks in Acts and continue to see today, as the church is experiencing lives that get turned around. Let us have hope today that things can turn around and that God wants even to use us to be those that help others turn their lives around.