By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. Hebrews 11:22-23 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/heb.11.22-23/79447
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted. The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Come, behold the works of the LORD, What desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Psalm 46:1-11 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/psa.46.1-11.KJV
O clap your hands, all ye people; Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. Psalm 47:1 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/psa.47.1/32853
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/heb.11.1/1197
O come, let us worship and bow down: Let us kneel before the LORD our maker. Psalm 95:6 KJV https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/psa.95.6/10809
Each of us was known to God from the beginning. He has known you and your choices since before the Earth was created. He chose each of us to be His at that time and He knew when we would come to Him. He also knew beforehand each ability that each of us would have and what we would be able to do for His Kingdom. Could we refuse to be His? We could but eventually, His will would bring us to the point of giving our life to Him.
I felt the call to give my life to Him over thirty-eight years ago and I refused to go in that direction. But, twenty-two years ago He got my attention by bringing my son into the world and convicting me of my need to be an example to this child. Granted, I haven’t been a perfect example and I doubt that many people think they have been a perfect example for their children. We can only be a good example for our children if we are following Jesus and trying to be more like Him.
God has a plan for us and all you have to do is ask Him if you haven’t found your plan or your path. He will show it to you. Listen to His teachings from His Word, read it and study it and ask Him to reveal it to you and He will do it. God has been waiting for all of us to come to Him in surrendering to His call. You may not be a preacher or a teacher but you can be a Christian and be an example before your family or your co-workers.
God knows how well you can perform in His Kingdom because He can see your future and all of those that you will have an impact on in some way. God loves you and every human being on this planet, whether they know Him or not and He can use your influence to touch each person in some way and bring some of them into His family. Seek Him and His path for your life. Just ask Him to show it to you and He will and you may influence the next evangelist that touches millions of people.
What is the difference between a lost person who doesn’t know Jesus and a Christian? The Christian has surrendered their life to Christ and has been forgiven and the lost person has not. So, what can we do? Tell people about Jesus! Tell them how He has brought joy into our lives because He provided a way for us to be forgiven. Jesus came to bring this good news, the gospel, to everyone who will receive it and it is a free gift from God by His grace to those who will accept it.
Jesus can tell us through the Word and then we are supposed to take that news to others. Your friends, your family, or anyone who will listen. They all need to hear it. Some will accept it and gladly give their hearts to Jesus and some will not but unless they hear it or read it somewhere from someone…they will never know the joy of knowing Him! God loves His creation and He loves all of us. He may not be happy with the way some of us live or the way we teach our children to live but He still loves us.
That is exactly why He sent Jesus to live among us and be the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins of the world. So that we could have a life after this one and into eternity with Him. Unless others know about Him and the grace that is offered through our belief in Jesus as our Savior, our eternity will be very different than the future that Jesus told His disciples about. I pray that anyone who reads this will seek Him out as your Savior and give your life to Him today. We are not promised tomorrow so make your decision as soon as possible. He is coming for His Bride and only those who have given their hearts to Him will be going when that trumpet sounds one day.
How much time do you spend doing exactly that? It seems that many people spend far more time on all platforms of social media than they realize. I heard this on the news today and I have a son that has been on Facebook longer than he should’ve been and it just hit home I guess. The story on the news was about how easy it is to find and get illegal drugs on any platform. The right keywords or hashtags that trigger a need or a buy and it won’t take long for someone to contact you.
I know that seeking any knowledge of Jesus is not a high priority for many young people these days since many of them claim that they don’t believe in any religion. Why? Religion has caused so many problems in the past and even today but that shouldn’t keep you from seeking your Savior. Having a relationship with Jesus is not “religion”! He had many arguments with the religious leaders of His day mainly because they thought that their strict adherence to their religion would save their souls.
They were teaching their religion and its rules as the way to heaven and it is not! Belief in Jesus as your Savior is the only way to gain salvation. Then you live your life trying to be more like Him. Without the Holy Spirit’s help we can’t begin to be more like Him but we won’t go back to the life we lived before. We can’t “work” our way into heaven by keeping the Ten Commandments because nobody can keep from breaking even one of them. From God’s perspective, even breaking one commandment makes you guilty of all of them. Because one sin, no matter how insignificant, is enough to condemn you to hell.
That is why Jesus had to come to Earth and live as one of us “yet without sin“, died an atoning death on the cross and then rose from the grave as the victor over death and the grave. It is your belief in Him as your Savior, not a set of rules, that grants you salvation and His righteousness by the grace of God. No extra work or abiding by a set of rules will gain you eternity…only your belief in Jesus as your Savior. Just like the thief on the cross. He believed in Jesus as the Savior, his Savior and Jesus said to him, “today, you will be with Me in paradise“.
That is why my advice to anyone who may be depressed or down or anxious is to seek the One Who can save your soul and give you a joy in Him that no drug can ever match!
God’s love for you began before He created anything. His love for you is everlasting and deeper than you will know until you are in His Presence. Many times it seems that we take His love for granted and all of His blessings and mercy too but He still pours them into our lives even when we don’t acknowledge them. Why do we act this way toward the One Who loves us most in all of creation? Because, even though we may belong to Him and claim Him as our Savior, we are still flawed human beings.
Your life is precious to God and He holds you in His hand because He knows what His plans are for you. He will never leave you or forsake you even if you forget about Him from time to time. Have you considered that He holds the entire universe together but He also knows how many hairs are on your head? I’m not speaking of one or two people, I am talking about every person on the planet! Even those who don’t know Him as their Savior. God is our Savior and our Redeemer and our Creator. Doesn’t He deserve to be praised and thanked for waking us up every morning?
Thank God for your day and for all of the blessings that you have because if you truly think about it…everything that you have is a gift and a blessing sent to you from God.
According to David in the Psalms, God’s love is unknowable and it is beyond our comprehension. If you are in hell, His love is still there. If you are on a mountain, He is there. If you are in the depths of the ocean, He is there. His love is everywhere that you are because He loves you. So why does the whole world act as if God is a Bad Person? The whole world seems to think that God doesn’t care about His Creation at all.
If God didn’t care about His Creation, everything in the universe would just vanish into nothing. “He holds all that exists by His Word”; the entire universe is held together by His power. Nothing that we see or know would exist, not even us, if He did not have the power to keep it all together.
Your life and mine, the fish in the sea and the birds of the air are all a part of His daily work. Not because He has to do it but because He wants to keep creation going until His Word is fulfilled. God has decreed that until everything is accomplished that He intended for His creation, not one part of His Word would be nullified.
God knew each of us before the Garden was created or the Earth or anything in the universe so why do we doubt Him in everything that He says in His Word? Jesus came to save mankind from themselves and from their sinful ways. He came to give us a chance and a choice but there are so many who either don’t want His offer of grace and mercy or they don’t believe in Him, to begin with. “A fool says in his heart that there is no God”; what does that say about most of the world?
Our country and the entire world are running as fast as possible away from God. The problem with this is the same problem that the prophet Jonah had. When you try to run from God, you usually run into Him. You can’t run from God!
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