JUST BECAUSE CHRIST LIVES

Post date: Jun 23, 2014 4:01:54 AM

Though things are not going the way I had expected them to go based on all my best perceived knowledge, best counsels and advises from parents and friends, best educational and vocational training that I could afford, and all my life expositions; though I am yet to get to the zenith of my dreams and visions for my life; though the things I had planned and do wish for are yet to be seen in me; though I am still in the trench of difficulties and afflictions; though my tears are yet to be abetted, and though my weakness and sadness are yet to be taken away, my relieve is still in the knowledge that Christ Jesus is alive and very active in, and with me.

Though I might not have a dream or a vision for my tomorrow, but I am still confident that Christ will take me through safely and peacefully. Though rumors and fears about what had been before, what is here now, what will come to be tomorrow abounds everywhere; though wickedness and evils afflictions are all over the place; though there are restriction and punishments, my confidence is still in the Lord Jesus Christ because He is still alive and active with me.    

Though I am poor, naked, sick, and lived with a constant short supply of my basic daily needs; though there is no visible sign of possible change soon; though I am being neglected and rejected, push aside by families, friends and employers, made to bear my shame and loneliness alone; though my nights had been too long and the day seem not to be coming soon, my hope, my trust and my believe in Christ Jesus is still unshaken just because He lives and is very active in and with me every day.

Despite the front line news from the press, from the devil and from friends, there is nothing that had compelled me to change my mind, my thoughts and my vision concerning all the goodness, the mercies, the unchanging love and the activities of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ about my today and my tomorrow to come. My eyes, my heart and my thoughts are completely fixed on Him, and I am convinced that because He lives, all is well and I will have the very best from His already prepared table of joy and celebration for me.

The very best help from men are always measured, always seasonal and always very limited in supply; but the help from the Lord God who loves and preserves my live are without season, without measure, very lavishing and without limits. His generosity is never compromised, His vast resource never diminishes, and His willingness and truthfulness is everlasting. I refuse to imagine living without knowing Christ Jesus and following Him, I refuse to quit depending on Him and looking up to Him; I refuse to quit trusting Him and waiting patiently for His blessing, I refuse to surrender to the will of men, and I refuse to go anywhere without Him. He is my rock and my hope; He is my strength and my assurance in all things, and because he lives, I can rest my whole live in His hands for good. 

I am not discouraged but pressing on to higher grounds in life, digging deeper to secure my roots in His unfailing love; I am seeking to know Him the more in all areas; I voluntarily give my life to Him; I am joyfully praying and fasting to be more useful and relevant to Him. I am planting seeds with greater expectations every day and living in the expectation of a great harvest in the day of His reward, all because He lives.

“Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, though the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the victorious God of my salvation. The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk, not to stand still in terror, but to walk and make spiritual progress upon my high places of trouble, suffering, or responsibility.” Habakkuk 3:17-19. For more prayers, Click here