WE CELEBRATE JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR EVERYDAY -- 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31
Post date: Jan 22, 2013 5:03:11 AM
Not until God opens our eyes to see beyond ourselves and beyond our present life situations, we will never come to know how much we are valued and loved by Him. Though the activities on the cross was the final stroke that gave us the victory over the devil forever, the activities beyond the cross is to ensure we get all the benefits promised before and after we were born and in everything we do. There is no one on earth today that Christ does not know, does not see and does not make provisions for. Irrespective of what you are going through today, God knows and sees them, and there is a provision from Christ Jesus Our Lord to take you through them safely.
There is nothing that escapes the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Before we were called out of sin, God knew the obstacles that we will encounter, the confrontations that come on us and the insults we will suffer. Before He asked us to walk in His love towards every one, He knew that we will hated even in the good things we do, slandered by people who do not want to see us display such exceptional character, and He knew all the problems we will encounter therein. Before He asked us to focus on serving Him in all our activities and show the world who He is truly, He knew we will be resisted, distracted, frustrated, discouraged and disappointed. Before He gives us any instruction, He knew the devil will want to dissuade us from obeying, situations may turn ugly and we will definitely suffer some inconvenience; but in whatever way we are following Him, God will never abandon His words and promises because of the opposition and inconvenience we will face or the devil we battle with. He will forever stand by His words and also with those who decide to do the same.
Before you came to this stage in your relationship with Christ Jesus, you decided to believe His words, obey His instructions, follow His revelations and trust His unfailing promises, but the devil is making it difficult for you now to continue. Know it, God is not folding His arms on you, and He will never that. He knew you before you came to this point; He sees you as you think and wonder every day. Let me assure you, God is helping you even though you may not see; there is peace, safety and deliverance for you even though you have not experienced them yet. You will never go under the weight of the powers of opposition and injustice.
In following the promise of God for his live, we read what God said to Jeremiah and how he followed those words diligently, God said to him; “Before I formed you in the womb I knew and approved of you as My chosen instrument, and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; and I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord God. Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth. But the Lord said to me, Say not, I am only a youth; for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Be not afraid of them their faces, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.” Jeremiah 1:4-8. Though Jeremiah expressed his inability to fulfill those lofty words, God assured him that he will succeed through His presence and assistance.
The reason that you will succeed is that God sees and knows you before you come to see and know the problems you are encountering right now. He knows and sees every of your struggles against sin, loneliness, fear, lack, injustice, shame, disappointments and disgraces. God knew you will experience those things in following in words just like Jeremiah. We have accepted the call to salvation by His grace, and by that same grace also, we will pass the various test and the challenges of the responsibilities that goes with it. As Jeremiah was walking in obedience to the call and fulfilling the responsibilities, God told him “Be not afraid of them their faces, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord” that is the word for you today. God saw and knew every of your challenges before you see and know them and He will deliver you. For prayers and encouragement during difficult times, someone is here to pray with you. Click here