Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do we have to suffer? Why is life so difficult sometimes?
As difficult as it is to understand, God can use our pain for His purpose. Don’t be surprised if He is using tough times in your life to test your faithfulness.
Faithful people keep on keeping on when other people choose to give up. Faithful people are diligent and determined. They are persistent. They change their perspective and focus on God’s promises in his Word.
In 2 Corinthians 4, Paul says we need to get the right perspective when we’re going through a problem. If we want to persist, don’t look at the temporary problem. Look at the long-term reward. Don’t look at the temporary pain; look at the long-term gain. Don’t look at it with the short-term view, “What’s happening to me right now?” Instead, look at the character that we are building because we haven’t given up. We hold on to Him and His promises.
God is more interested in what we are becoming than what we accomplish. Amen.
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Proverbs 29:25 “Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.”
Fearing people is something that we all do from time to time. However, if we give into the fear of what others think it will trap us.
We can become afraid to take a risk, or afraid to do the right thing because we don’t know what someone else might think of us. Instead of fearing others, we should be focused on trusting in God.
Trusting in God will keep us safe and keep us doing the right thing. Choose today, regardless of how hard it might seem, to set fear aside and trust in God.
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Hebrews 11:24 “By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter”
God did not make you to be what somebody else wants you to be. God didn’t make you to be what your parents want you to be, what your girlfriend or boyfriend wants you to be, what your spouse wants you to be, or what your boss or your friends want you to be.
God made you to be you. If you’re going to become all you can be, you have to refuse to be defined by others.
Most people today are living lies. They’re trying to be people they’re not. But Moses refused to live a lie because he was a man of integrity. He insisted on being who God made him to be despite all kinds of peer pressure.
Here’s a question for us to reflect: Who are you letting determine your identity?
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Joshua 23:8 “Hold tight to God, your God, just as you've done up to now.”
We may not know what 2020 or tomorrow holds, but we know who holds tomorrow and the future. So hold onto God!
God is unchanging, hold onto His Hand. Build your hope on things eternal and hold unto our unchanging God. He is your "HOPE" for today and tomorrow!
Hold on to Him and His word in your 2020. God's Word, stands true and strong forever unlike everything that passes away and is forgotten!
In 2020 and in all years to come, the resolve of every Christian should be to follow Jesus on the narrow and difficult path of discipleship.
In Matthew 8:19, a scribe approaches Jesus to tell him he would follow wherever Jesus would go. In the next verse, Jesus responds, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” This was Jesus’ way of asking: Have you considered the cost of following me wherever I go?
Since the earliest days of Christianity, many Christians have lost material possessions, status, connections, jobs, family relationships, and even their lives because of their obedience to Jesus.
Even now, brothers and sisters face the daily risk of losing everything, including their lives, because of their commitment to Jesus Christ above all.
The demands and risks of faithful discipleship cause many to choose the wide and easy path of disobedience that leads to destruction over the difficult and narrow path of obedience that leads to life (Matt. 7:13–14).
In Matthew 10:24–42, Jesus continues to instruct his disciples about the high cost of discipleship. His disciples are not above him, their teacher and master. They won’t suffer exactly the same way as he, because he took upon himself the wrath of God for the sins of the world (John 1:29; Rom. 3:24–25; 5:6–10). But he says they too will suffer for the gospel of the kingdom (Matt. 10:25).
Jesus’ words are still applicable today. For those who follow Jesus on the narrow and difficult path of discipleship, the question isn’t, “Will we suffer for Christ?” Rather, the question is, “When will we suffer for Christ?” or, “How will we suffer for Christ?”
Since he suffered for the sake of the gospel of the kingdom, his followers can be certain they will also suffer today as they preach, obey, and apply the whole gospel to all areas of their lives (10:34–39).
