Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Endurance Breeds Reward

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“Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.  My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.  The arrogant mock me unmercifully, but I do not turn from your law.” – Psalm 119:49-51

The winds will blow and the seas will rise.  Waves will crash all around and the levee will be tried.  Clouds cover the light and the earth swallows the meek and timid.  In fear they run from the tempest that awaits each of them, unable to resist the desires that eat away at their flesh.  Lightning flashes from the Eastern sky and cascades, in a ripple, across the horizon of the memories that haunt our progress.  Shall the night come to an end, what might rise on the horizon of the new day dawn?  Living in constant worry and fear of the unknown, and trusting in the depth of experience passed on from days gone by.  Waters will consume the dreams of the weak, but strengthen the pioneers to pursue the challenges that have made this land great.

Where does your strength and courage come from?  If the trials of this day overwhelm you and you can’t see your way through the next 24 hours, the Lord awaits your humbled spirit and longs to lift you up from the mire that consumes you.  If you claim Him as your Savior and Lord, than trust that He loves you through every circumstance.  Let us keep in mind that there is simply nothing in this life that can steal your eternal destiny.  That decision is between you and Him alone.

Beatings, bankruptcy, hunger, nakedness, disease, addictions, homelessness, pain, suffering, unemployment, divorce, prison or isolation; tell me, which of these, take God’s plan of salvation and grace away?  Nothing, not even death itself can separate you from the grace that God has provided you.  It is given, not because you deserve it or have done enough good things to earn it or because your parents were good people.  No, it is given to you because His love is infinite and immeasurable by our simple minded concepts.  There is no way for you to grasp the completeness and overwhelming depth of His love as long as you are looking at what this world can provide. 

No man/woman should suffer in this life, but should you, as a child of God, endure the suffering and pain of this life’s events, then realize that it is only temporary and your Father in heaven is still on His throne.  He, and often times, only He can bring you comfort and healing from the wickedness in this world.  Do not hesitate to fall upon your knees and look heavenward for your strength to overcome that which lies before you this day.


             
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