Don’t panic
by Pastor Tim Castle-Schmidt
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That’s right. Because I, your God, have a firm grip on you and I’m not letting go. I’m telling you, ‘Don’t panic. I’m right here to help you’ (Isaiah 41:13).
Any of you unfamiliar with the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book series only need to know this instruction about hitchhiking through the galaxy: don’t panic. Despite the outrageous situation that the characters get into, time and again, they escape calamity, including giant whales falling from the sky, the collision of supernova, food poisoning at the restaurant at the end of the universe, and even death. They were guided only by this statement: don’t panic.
And that is the motto the Lord encourages his people to live by. Through the prophet Isaiah, God reminds his people he has chosen them and that he will look after them. And so our Father in Christ reminds us that we are in his care now. Despite what we may have done, our many failings and the insecurity that currently engulfs our world, our Father promises to be with us and bring us through all trials and tribulations – and not because we are worthy. Our faith in our Father does not even make it happen, but it is purely the desire of our Father to look after us.
If this Lenten journey is anything, may it be a reminder that our Father loves us despite our efforts to be lovable. And so: don’t panic.
Heavenly Father, remind us again and again that you’ve got this. When our world turns upside down, remind us that you join us in being upside down. And that you can turn things around again. Amen.
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