Depression, illness, cancer, or just a loss of a job or family member…God only knows what you are going through for real and He never leaves your side.
Jesus doesn’t fail in His love for you. He is always there by your side. If you haven’t given your life to Him for your salvation He is still there but He doesn’t comfort and protect those who won’t believe in Him. If you are destined to be saved by Him you will know it because you have felt His touch in your heart. Whether you have responded faithfully to that touch is your decision, but if God has plans for your life and it involves your salvation by acceptance of Jesus as your Savior it will happen sooner or later.
Occasionally God has to get our attention in a big way in order to bring us to the point of being His child and His disciple. We may not enjoy that whack on the head or whatever it may be, but sometimes our hard heads just won’t listen until we get a wake-up call. It hurts sometimes and sometimes it involves a death in the family if you are really hard-headed about it. I know because I was pretty stubborn about hearing Him and truly listening. Jesus doesn’t fail in His mission so if you have felt His touch and you haven’t responded I encourage you to seek Him and give your life to Him soon because you don’t know when your last day may be.
No matter how stressful or how good your day may be going, don’t let go of Jesus. He can calm any storm and He can save you from an eternity of pain and misery. He will always be there regardless of the situation and He can heal you in this life or take you on to the next one…but don’t let go.
We are too comfortable in our plenty. When we wake up in the summer most of us have a cool house to live in. We go to jobs or other places where air conditioning keeps the temperature at a reasonable level regardless of the temp outside. The same goes for our winter homes. Most of us have heated, comfortable places where we can enjoy everyday life, even when we have to go to work. So…how much more should we expect from God?
In the news almost every day it seems that there are children and some adults who just won’t be satisfied with what they have. Every Presidential candidate that is running against our President wants to offer more free stuff to everyone. Free health care, free income whether you have a job or not, college education for free. That is not how a republic works! Who is going to pay for all of this “free” stuff? Someone has to.
Things like these and more stuff is not what we were put on this Earth to chase after. We are to be about the work of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. That is what the empty place is in your life and what was in mine too, many years ago. Every person is born with an empty place inside but we aren’t born with the knowledge of what fits in it. So most of us seek all kinds of things which will make us feel complete and whole. But the only thing which goes into that place is not a thing at all, it is Jesus Christ.
It is our spirit seeking Him which makes us long for something until we find our Who that is. That is why we are always looking for a way to be fulfilled in our lives. We are living with an empty place that cannot be filled unless we ask Jesus to come into our hearts and fill us with His Spirit and He makes us whole and complete. God loves us and He know who is looking and seeking Him and who is not. Those who are will have a chance to be complete and full of His Spirit. Those who think they already have Him may be deceived into thinking that they “have an arrangement with God” just like the Pharisees in Jesus’ day. Their “righteousness” was based on their own knowledge of God’s Word and His Law and they didn’t think they needed salvation or a Savior.
Unfortunately, there are many people today in that same place with respect to their salvation. Many of them don’t think they need Him…but they do. One day soon they will find out and on that day they will realize why they felt His call on their lives and regret their refusal of His Grace.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Job 13:15 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/job.13.15.KJV
Job said this in his time of testing and we should be just as solid in our faith toward God. I pray that all who read this will seek Him for their salvation.
