Challenging times come upon all people. We as Christians need to accept this with an even greater reality; because the forces of both evil and good are especially at work on us continually. The enemy wants to destroy us and the Kingdom of God. Our LORD wants to stretch us and build us up to be everlasting pillars in His Kingdom which shall endure for ever; but we must overcome.
Revelation 3:12 KJV Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
We are called to a life of transformation and overcoming. This is a daily battle and a race; it requires us to never give up; but endure to the end. Life will not always be easy; in fact; we are guaranteed a struggle.
Matthew 10:22 KJV And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
The world will hate us and all that we stand for because this world lives in darkness and loves the evil that they can get away with in the shadows of the dark. We carry the light of Christ and men love the darkness.
John 3:19 KJV And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Enduring does not mean merely waiting and existing. This scares people with regards to thoughts of eternity because they believe that they will merely exist, doing nothing in boredom forever. God does not merely exist; but lives and works in vibrant life!
John 5:17 KJV But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
If we look with human eyes; our vision will be limited to physical sight; but if we look with the Holy Ghost living inside of us, our vision will be magnified to see the unlimited eternity of the spiritual realm. The following was sent to me in an email and the words ring true:
Never regret a day in your life.
Good days give you Happiness.
Bad days give you Experiences.
Both are essential to life.
Keep going...
Happiness keeps you Sweet,
Trials keep you Strong,
Sorrows keep you Human,
Failures keep you Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only God keeps You Going!
God’s WORD tells us not to lean on our own understanding, but to trust the LORD in all things. It is so hard to do this because we, by nature, want to be independent. We think that we are here for ourselves; to pursue our own desires; make our own plans and function for our own prosperity and comfort in this flesh. This earthly existence is so temporal that it would seem natural for people to be in quest of something more than these few 70, plus or minus years. History records events over at least 6,000 years. What is 70 years in comparison? It is barely ten percent and not all reach 70 or more years!
A young person coming straight out of High School, will devote their entire life’s energy for seven to ten years of education; preparation and internship; to achieve a professional career as a lawyer, doctor, professor or executive to work in their field of expertise for maybe 30-40 years. Tragedy can cut that short at any time! Few will reach retirement with enough good health and financial resources to enjoy the “Golden Years.” What are 40 or even 50 years of an exciting career compared to a 1000 years and beyond into eternity of excitement and abundance?
John 10:10 KJV The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
This human life was not meant to be an end in itself. It is not even the beginning; but merely a preface to the beginning. It is a preparation time to life. To gain all in this short, temporal life and lose out on the eternal life of abundance; living in a spiritual existence; is truly a tragedy.
Matthew 16:26 KJV For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
When life presses down upon us with trials and tribulations; we need the faith that only comes from God to trust in the promises of the WORD! God knows the end from the beginning. We are limited to see only the physical present; unless we are filled with the Holy Ghost and can see through the divine eyes of faith that gives substance and evidence of the things hoped for in Christ.
Isaiah 46:9-10 KJV Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, (10) Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Romans 8:37 KJV Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
1 Corinthians 15:57 KJV But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
No one would ever walk away from a challenge and give up if they were guaranteed victory. We have been guaranteed the victory; a life so spectacular that nothing in this world could even compare. The prize must burn in our hearts as a reality that is greater than any momentary discomfort, sickness or trial. Life ahead is beyond description; beyond our imaginations; if we would trust God’s WORD and capture the vision of victory; the end from the beginning!
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Lake in the Hills Illinois 60156
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