Feeling powerless?

As we continue down the road on our building projects, I have been feeling very powerless lately. It seems like we're at the mercy of other people in our projects and that we have no power in the situations. Last night my husband and I watched a movie about a family who suffered the loss of their 10 year old son due to a hit and run driver. The father felt so powerless over the situation, he couldn't bring his son back and the local law authorities couldn't find the hit and run driver.

I thought a lot about the movie and our powerlessness in life. I've decided that very often it does appear that we are powerless in this life. And it feels like we're alone there and I think this can often lead to discouragement. The enemy loves to isolate us, doesn't he?

The truth is that we are not powerless, that we have the most powerful person in the universe behind us, fighting for us. I know, it doesn't always seem like He is winning, but His Word says that He is over all, so that answers that.

It certainly appeared that Jesus was powerless and defeated as He hung on the cross 2,000 + years ago, but little did the enemy know that God's Kingdom is an upside down one. The enemy didn't know that suffering and what appears to be defeat in the earth actually leads to victory. We can't always see what is happening in the heavenlies as we choose to trust God in our "powerless" seasons. But I know one thing for sure, that according to God's Word, we win in the end!