Have you ever wondered how some people get through tough times? Many will tell you upfront that they just push through those times. But what if the problem is something that you can’t push through? Like cancer or a death in the family? Personal strength and grit won’t get you through those successfully.
Spirituality and horoscopes won’t help either. The only help comes through faith in Jesus. Faith can get you through a problem regardless of the intensity of the pain. Faith can give you the strength to endure treatments and pain when nothing else will. Faith can change the circumstances when you place it in the One Who can do that.
Faith, even a small amount, can make a dramatic change in your life and in your circumstances. I know that I have repeated this but it’s true. God gives you your faith but the quality of your faith makes the difference. By “quality” I mean whether you have doubts about Who your faith is in or not. How deep is your faith? Can it get you through tough times? Regardless of how bad they are or how bad they will be.
There is so much going on in the world. It is hard to understand why it is all happening. Unless you have read the Bible. God told us that many of these newsworthy things happening today would be happening near the end of the age. Some people don’t want to believe that we are at that point but there is no other explanation for the hatred and violence that just gets worse from week to week.
The news media doesn’t want to report it so most of the real news is covered up or not reported. Some news agencies report on news that others tend to overlook. Otherwise, life goes on and many don’t realize which “news” is real and which isn’t important in the scheme of things. But…God knows what is happening and why because He is in control.
Why is our world in the shape that it’s in? Because Satan has tried to corrupt the world and everyone in it for thousands of years. Even when you give your heart to Jesus, he won’t leave you alone. Satan reminds you that you aren’t good enough for God’s love, he tells you that those things that you did many years ago will keep you from getting into Heaven. Even when you know that Jesus is your Savior, Satan will try to make you doubt it every day. Whenever you think something you shouldn’t or say something you know is wrong, he will remind you that you aren’t good enough.
The problem with his logic is that Jesus chose each of us who are called to be His and once we have given our hearts to Him, nothing can take us from Him. In our strength, we can’t be good enough but the Holy Spirit gives us the strength, in Him, to resist those “suggestions” from the devil. God loves us His Strength to make it through each day, one day at a time. Make sure you have sought to know Jesus as your Savior because one day soon He will be coming back for His Church, so make sure you are a part of it.
Look at the heavens tonight if you can see the stars and think about the Creator Who placed the stars in their places. Then… think about how much He loves you. The Bible says that “even when a sparrow falls, God knows about it”. Imagine God notices a small bird’s death, how much more does He care for you?
Why do people reject the good news of Life found in Jesus Christ? Even when the gospel has been preached for 2,000 years in churches everywhere, the world still rejects it in favor of their idea of living. It seems that most people don’t want to know the good news. Many don’t care if there is a life after this one and they don’t care if there are circumstances for any of the sins in their lives no matter how insignificant they may be.
God’s Word tells us exactly how He views sin, even “little sins”. To God, all sin is disobedience and wrong. There are no little ones or big ones. What can we do to live with Him in His home? First, we must admit that we are sinners and we won’t even do that unless the Holy Spirit convicts us of those sins. When He does that, He gives us the faith to believe in Jesus and come to Him. Our response should be to obey the prompting of the Holy Spirit and accept our salvation as His gift to us for obeying Him. Most of the time we will respond that way but some people listen to their own “conscience” and choose not to admit anything. When that happens, they are listening to a suggestion from Satan.
Satan and his fallen angels, demons, are real and they don’t want you to accept Jesus as your Savior. Their mission has always been to corrupt God’s plans in any way they can. But…they can’t stop God’s plans. If He intends for you to be saved and give your life to Jesus, you will. It may be at the last moment, but it will happen. Please don’t turn away from the voice of the Holy Spirit because He is calling you to be a child of God. Some people will turn away and when that happens, they can’t be brought back to the point of knowing their need for Jesus. It is a sad thing for this to happen but it happens, even in the church.
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