Fallen

 

‘Look at my leg!’ my friend invited me. She rolled up her jeans and revealed a purpling, swollen leg pocked and dotted with scarlet.

She’d fallen over last week walking her dog. Doesn’t know how it happened or why. Nobody else was around. She just fell.

Thankfully, no bones were broken and she was able to limp home on a swelling ankle.

It is easy to mis-step in life, to lose one’s balance and find oneself floored and bruised, or worse. Innocent actions can lead to unpleasant consequences. Why?

Jesus alerted his followers, ‘In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world!’

Not all consequences are the result of our sin. Some of them are simply because we live in this fallen world, where we have trouble.

Whatever the trouble, Jesus is the answer. He is the way, the truth and the life. And as we shelter in him, even in the trouble, we are encouraged, assured of his love.

So if you’re feeling bruised and swollen today, take heart. Jesus has overcome the world. By grace we have been saved.