Riots in London.The Us in debt mess.Drought in Africa. Open your paper or should I say news server online and you are bombarded with tales of woe . People losing their jobs ,homes . So much confusion and real suffering. To this many say , how can you believe in God . If He even exist why doesn't He do something ?
Its like do they think Christians just crawled out under a rock and went gee , look at all the mess? I don't think I will believe anymore. But if you read your Bible the truth is its full of pain and strife. Its not like its a sappy stupid Christian movie that ties all the knots neatly and the rainbows burst forth. Those who follow God often pay a huge price while on this earth. Affliction, persecution,hostility and even death for following the one true God revealed in the scriptures.
The problem is not God's but ours. We are a depraved,dark,corrupt,sin filled mass of humanity . We lie,steal,murder and grasp onto money till we die. Sure God could solve the problem but that would include destroying every single human on the planet . He would be totally just in doing so . He is holy, we are not so when we cry to God and say unfair and demand justice , if He gave us what we wanted , well it would not go well.
But the amazing story is God gives us grace instead and sent His Son to undue the work of the Devil,awaken dead sinners to life and at the cross has started a avalanche of change that will come in all its fullness at Jesus second coming. Yes the world looks crazy at times and things come into ones life that you can't comprehend but Jesus says come to me.Rest in me . I know this road is narrow and difficult but its not over.I'm reigning and my Father is puttng all my enemies under my feet .
18For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Romans 8:18
Stand and be firm in the faith in this fallen world. As Paul says in Romans the struggles we face right now pale in comparison to the glory to be revealed .This life is but a link of a eye compared to the wonders,glory, splendor and beauty of being in the presence of God. Think of it , to see the one who took the cross for you , that bled His precious blood ,that endured the wrath for your sin .He will embrace you and cloth you and adorn you one day with a glorified body . That God sings over His sheep.Jesus calls us friend and will wipe tears from the saints face.
Oh the joy ,the wonder of it all. So do not be in despair ,God is on the throne and hears our cries . Rest in Him and sing hallelujah , the Lord reigns . Nuff Said .
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Romans 8:18 is a reason to get up in the morning. You read about the events of the glory to come in Revelations 21:1-4, "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, ccoming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
So, no matter what pain, sorrow and disease comes your way, as a Christian, the Lord is going to fix it. What a day of rejoicing that will be. Love you, Mrs Reg
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