The world tells us that we are good for nothing
unless we do what it wants, what it values, what it desires...Jesus Christ tells us what is
true about us, that we are children of God, destined for eternal life with Him
in His Kingdom!
Again, we are yet here and now
and have to be in the world now. Like you, we/I have problems too in this fallen world: family, social, work,
medical, financial, and daily troubles in which things break down, food goes
bad, tires go flat, fenders get smashed, roofs leak, basements flood, rodents
chew holes, limbs fall off trees onto fences, pets get lost, weeds take over
the lawn; and relationships are strained.
People fail to show up and or keep
promises, and so we can fall into despair thinking it's all a lost cause, time
and money out the window which seem so hard to come by. And, death is always there too trying to take us down that dark alley of Satan's realm.
What does the Word offer us for
all such problems? Perseverance, through Hope and Love!
We are asked to finish the good
race, not because it is good according to man's idea but according to God's
because God is good all the time and all the time God is good.
Acts
20:24... you see, life is worth nothing
to unless we use it for finishing the work assigned us by the Lord Jesus--the
work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
Hebrews
12:1 ~ Therefore, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that
so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for
us.
1 COR 9: 23-25 ~ do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that you may share in its blessings. Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
You see, everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.…
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