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Friday, March 13, 2015

Happy are those that Persevere in their Faith when the World Around them is in Chaos


Verses: Daniel 12 1 - 13

My thoughts about the verses:

The end of time will come.  At that moment there will be more evil than anyone has ever experienced.  The world will be turned upside down.  The wicked will try to harm those that are pure.  The pure in spirit will suffer very hard under the new ruler of the world.

Yet, we are giving a promise about those that are faithful of God.  They will rise up to Heaven and live in eternal joy.  Their life will not have been a waste instead it will be a glorious benefit to God.  We need to pray to persevere during the hard times.  We need to ask God to help us not turn away from our faith.

We are challenged to live our life for God.  We need to understand that we who are faithful in God are given wisdom that the wicked do not understand.  Many will hear the word and promises of eternal life.  Yet, there will be many that have heard that will continue in their wickedness.  No all those that practice religion are true Christians. They have not accepted Jesus.  They are not wise because they have not accepted God in their life.

The pain and suffering that we go through will be erased away if we believe in God.  Those that do not believe in the saving grace of God will face suffering and pain their whole life.  It is kind of crazy when you think about people that you know that love and obey God, but have hard times.  Yet, at the same time you see people that are full of wickedness not going through the same trials as the one that is faithful.  There is a reason for this.  Those that believe in God face temptations to try to make our faith waiver.  Yet, those that are wicked and do not believe in God need no temptation to shake up their faith in God.

Those that are wicked will find a life of eternal pain and suffering.  Those that are going through life not believing in God may seem like they are not struggling.  Yet, I want us to go back to those moments before we asked Jesus into our life.  Didn’t we have emotions that were full of worry and doubt?  We looked to the outside world like we have no problems in our life.  Yet, our soul was struggling with the future.  We feared the outcome of our life.  Yet, the moment we asked Christ into our life it changed forever.  Our spirit was filled with peace.  As hard times come we know that God will be thee helping us.  We are no longer worried about the future instead we are anticipating the moment of freedom in our life.

We have to remember we who believe in God will ascend to Heaven to live eternal life singing praises to God.  We will be like the bright stars of night.   There will be so man lifted into paradise.  Those that remain on Earth will be given one more chance to accept Christ.  If they accept Christ during this time they too will ascend to Heaven and be just like those that accepted before the end of the time.  We have to pray for those who have not accepted Jesus that they will find the peace that we have.  We also need to continue living in faith even when our world is turned upside.  We need to anticipate the day that God will call us home and our promise of Everlasting life will be fulfilled.

Prayer:

Dear Savior we praise you.  We worship you with all of our heart, mind and soul.  We thank you for our gift of everlasting life.  Help us to always stay focused on your love and gift of salvation.  Help us be a witness to the world.  Help us be prepared for the moment that you will come to take your people home.  In the name of the Risen Savior we pray.  Amen

Questions:


Have you accepted God in your life?  Do you realize that without God you will not join God in the afterlife?  Are you willing to walk in faith?  Are you living your life so that people will see Jesus in your life?  Are you truly ready for the day Jesus returns to take his people home?

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