5 Truths About God To Anchor You When You Feel Lost
Life becomes confusing when it takes a turn onto a road we never expected to drive down. Sometimes, new seasons feel scary and leave us feeling lost. How can we navigate with assurance and confidence when the path ahead is unclear?
It is essential to fix our eyes, minds, and hearts on the character of God to view our lives through a lens of faith while living in a world that continues to cast doubt. Allow these five truths about God to anchor you when you feel lost and provide peace for your faithful next step.
God is the creator.
A few years ago, to help anchor our family in God’s truths, we started walking through catechism questions. We digested these questions over breakfast and allowed them to provide a feast of truth for our hearts before the day continued.
The sheer complexity of questions like “What is our only hope in life and death?” and “Who is God?” tempted us to pause, yet we couldn’t ignore our internal hunger for answers.
So, who is God?
To begin with, Genesis 1:1 recounts, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (ESV). Scripture begins with creation because it not only forms the foundation of the world but also of our lives. It’s amazing how often I journey back to the beginning to help me process where I am today.
When we are tempted to question the hows and whys of how God made us, let’s go back to the beginning. When we are tempted to give up on this weary journey of faith, or when we are desperate for an anchor to steady our gait and fortify our hope, remember God is the creator and sustainer of us all.
God alone is God.
We often overlook how much we use other functional gods along the way. Money offers to serve as a temporary provider; we look to others as saviors; we turn to our feelings to assess right and wrong. Without awareness, we look to these other gods to provide what only the one true God promises to fulfill, yet I feel more lost when I follow these lesser gods.
Psalm 86:8 reminds us that “There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.”
It is good for us to remember that nothing on earth compares with our eternal God. We need not continue to look for a better savior than the one who gave his very life for us. God has wondrous things in store for us when we place our lives in his hands and follow his design for our lives.
Through life’s challenges, we can remain grateful for the fact that not only is he God, but he alone is God. He alone is worthy of our praise and trust.
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