sometimes, you have to take actionBeen faced with loads of bombardments about how God is not true, how unreliable the Bible is, how unsupported the faith is and how Christians are delusionists. It's a test for me, to see how strong my faith is. Maybe others wouldn't understand, but to keep this faith strong, it is to have ultimate trust in the LORD.
Trusting. A simple word like that, yet the weight it carries can pull us down. When we say we trust someone, what does it really mean? To trust Christ, it means to give your whole life to Him and to believe in His Word and live out His Commandments. Sure, it sounds simple, but when faced with all the worldly threats, we sometimes find it a struggle to keep the Commandments. In 1 John 2:15-17, it is written "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." (KJV) We are told not to covet the earthly things but to thirst for godly things. Yet recently, I've been thinking, just how many of us are able to do that? To live a life half as clean as Jesus?
Certainly, all of us have sinned throughout our entire span of life. The world today has evolved into one that tempts us to conform to the world, to do things that are displeasing before God's eyes. And for the children of God, it is a struggle indeed, to separate ourselves from this sinful world. Yet if we keep God's Word in our hearts, wouldn't it make things easier?
Just let God rule in our hearts, in our lives. Let God take charge. Isn't it comforting to know that someone so holy and perfect cares for you, loves you and died for you, and to bear all your burdens for you? When we take charge of our own life, it's just driving deeper into sin. Proverbs 3:7 "Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil." So let God lead us. Let His will be done. Thirst after His Word daily. Abandon the things of the world and search for godly things.
Trusting. A simple word like that, yet the weight it carries can pull us down. When we say we trust someone, what does it really mean? To trust Christ, it means to give your whole life to Him and to believe in His Word and live out His Commandments. Sure, it sounds simple, but when faced with all the worldly threats, we sometimes find it a struggle to keep the Commandments. In 1 John 2:15-17, it is written "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." (KJV) We are told not to covet the earthly things but to thirst for godly things. Yet recently, I've been thinking, just how many of us are able to do that? To live a life half as clean as Jesus?
Certainly, all of us have sinned throughout our entire span of life. The world today has evolved into one that tempts us to conform to the world, to do things that are displeasing before God's eyes. And for the children of God, it is a struggle indeed, to separate ourselves from this sinful world. Yet if we keep God's Word in our hearts, wouldn't it make things easier?
Just let God rule in our hearts, in our lives. Let God take charge. Isn't it comforting to know that someone so holy and perfect cares for you, loves you and died for you, and to bear all your burdens for you? When we take charge of our own life, it's just driving deeper into sin. Proverbs 3:7 "Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil." So let God lead us. Let His will be done. Thirst after His Word daily. Abandon the things of the world and search for godly things.
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