“Jon, it appears that our website isn’t loading. I wonder if we got hacked.”

That’s the text that started my day this morning. As you can imagine, it woke me up in a hurry.  Indeed, our website was down. And still is.

I’m a spiritual superstar and a man of great faith, so I took it all in stride. Right? The truth is, I went into panic mode. Not crazy panic mode, but semi-panic. 

For the next hour and a half, I was in the middle of several text conversations with experts and colleagues, trying to solve the crisis. Considering I have no web talents, I was helpless.

Then it hit me. God is here. Now that’s pretty obvious, isn’t it?

Why is it when crisis hits, we usually turn to ourselves first, rather than to God? Where’s our faith?

I was at that crossroads this morning. Eventually, I stopped and called on Jesus, praying that he would step in. He is bigger than website crashes and unknown hackers. In fact, he’s bigger than the whole internet! Again,an obvious reality that gets lost in crisis.

God tests our faith and it’s almost always a pop quiz. You’ve rarely seen tests of faith coming, have you? Yet, you need to know the answer.

And that answer is Jesus. 

Oh, how liberating it is to know that this Jesus, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, is always the answer. He is the Creator of the Universe, the One who set things in motion. He is the Almighty, All-knowing and Eternal God. He is the Savior worthy of my trust. 

When I put my faith in that Lord, my crises diminish in size and intensity. My spirit is calmed.  My hope grows. My faith is stronger.

I’m still the helpless webmaster, but Jesus is walking with me.

How do you handle tests of faith? Do you turn to Jesus right away or do you exhaust your own solutions first?

Let this passage run through your mind in preparation for your next pop quiz . . . which could come at any time.

“The Son is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him…” (Colossians 1:15-19 NIV)

From my new devotional, Your Life With God: 30 Days of Faith, releasing in January on Amazon.