Promises For Today Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Promises For Today

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

II Corinthians 4:8-10 

8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body

In this lifetime we will undergo some major crisis in our lives....maybe even more than others in some aspects.   Why?  Because we live on this Earth and we deal with people and their problems. And many feel the magnitude of suffering by the hands of others.  We deal with humanity...the good, the bad, and the ugly. 
As Christians, when we came to God and began walking in a new life we can become so naive in thinking that we won't have to deal with problems...and everything will be perfect.   It is so far from the truth.  God never promised us this...but He promised He would be with us and help us through.  To believe upon Him and trust Him.

This Too Shall Pass Away

by Lanta Wilson Smith

When some great sorrow, like a mighty river,

Flows through your life with peace-destroying power,

And dearest things are swept from sight forever,

Say to your heart each trying hour:

"This, too, shall pass away."

When ceaseless toil has hushed your song of gladness,

And you have grown almost too tired to pray,

Let this truth banish from your heart its sadness,

And ease the burdens of each trying day:

"This, too, shall pass away"

You will face many challenges living for God...you must understand that we have an enemy that is out going to and fro across the Earth seeking whom he may devour.  If you are a Christian, the enemy does not like it. It is his goal to destroy your soul.  To cause you to believe his lies, to follow after him.
One of the greatest men of God that wrote the majority of the New Testament went through many challenges because he preached the Word of God.  Nothing could stop Paul...he was a man on a mission..Paul had an experience with God..He believed in who He was... God called Paul..met him on the road to Damascus....he was on his way to punish and capture the christians in which he thought were wrong...they were teaching lies...causing chaos...Until He met the Lord on the road...his life changed...He found out how wrong he was....it was then that his name was changed from Saul into Paul... his life would forever be changed...and now his life would be in the hands of those that believed as he did.....Paul did not allow anything that came at him to deter him....He had a zealous, He had a made up mind...a very passionate man of God.  

You can see what Paul walked through in order to reach the world...and preach the Name of Jesus, as Savior, as Lord of all.

2 Corinthians 11:24-33  

He was whipped 5 different times 39 stripes

He was beaten with rods 3different times

He was stoned and lived

He was in 3 shipwreck in the sea...in the water a night and a day

He speaks of in perils of waters

In perils of robbers

In perils by the heathen,

In perils in the city

In perils in the wilderness

In perils in the sea,

In perils among false brethren

In weariness and painfulness

In watchings,

In hunger and thirst

In fastings

In cold and nakedness

Besides all these things, Paul says all things which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches

In Damascus the governor tried to capture Paul..but was able to flee and escaped the hands of the garrison in capturing him

One thing to know is that no matter what you will deal with in your walk with the Lord...stand strong and trust the Lord...for He is with you...He will fight for you...He will be your strength, your comfort, and provide your need!  

Will you trust in His love and mercy for you and your life?  One day you may have to answer this question when you face a trial....just remember Paul...God received the glory for Paul's life...can we give God the glory for our life?