The Yad Vashem Blessing

Sunday, August 15, 2021

Yad Vashem is the memorial to the Holocaust. It's a powerful, moving, heart-wrenching, dark, and sorrowful place - never to be forgotten. But when you leave and walk outside, there are birds and grass, towns and villages, mountains and little children, laughter and life. It's not so much that in Israel there's a Yad Vashem. It's that outside Yad Vashem - there's an Israel. The amazing thing about Jewish history is not the Holocaust, but that for 4,000 years God has preserved the Jewish people, through all sorts of evil. God never denies the existence of evil, He overcomes it. You might have had a life of many problems, maybe a life of sorrows, darkness or tragedies. Maybe you're spending much of your time dwelling on those things. But beyond that problem is your life and your walk with God, your salvation. It surrounds your problem. Step outside your problem and dwell in the mercy and love of God. The bigger picture is that God's love, and His goodness are far bigger than our problem.

From Message #454 - A Tour Of The Promised Land