Do not be afraid or discouraged because of
The kind Assyria and the vast army with
Him, for there is greater power with us than
With him. With him is only the arm of
Flesh, but with us is the Lord, our God to help
Us and to fight our battles. And the people
Gained confidence from what Hezekiah of
King of Judah said.

How do you view God? Do you view Him the same before a crisis as you do during one? How do you view God when your back is against a wall and you cannot see your way out? How do you view God? As interesting as this question appears to be, as one thinks about its implications, there comes a time in our lives when this question comes out of the interesting arena and enters into reality. This, of course, is when the rubber meets the road. This, of course, is when there is no more time for theologizing! Then, your back is against a wall and there does not appear to be any way out and you must do what you must do. Yet, you cannot see with the naked eye any solution, any change, a difference with your intellect. With all your training, with all your exposure, for that matter, the situation appears to be impossible, how do you view God? My subject is one that speaks to this challenge. My subject is ‘HOLD ON, ANYHOW!"

In today’s society crises greet us more often than we can predict. Today, Christians are threatened with defeat daily. Our jobs are being threatened by bosses who want to cut corners for so-called "economic reasons." Our children seem to pay more attention to someone they never met, never talked to personally, never interacted with, but, just because the individual comes up with a rap song and it is a hit our children do what they hear in the lyrics. If that is not enough, we spend our lives on our knees praying to the Lord and trying to teach our children to distinguish right from wrong. However, they prefer to hang out with the wrong crowd, do the wrong things, and end up as a dope statistic.