Romans
8:31-15,37 “If God is
for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him
up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all
things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God
who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who
died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is
also interceding for us. Who shall
separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
[…] No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved
us.”
“Either Jesus Christ is a deceiver, having
deceived even Paul, or else some
extraordinary thing happens to someone who holds on to the love of God when the
odds are totally against him. Logic is silenced in the face of each of
these things which come against him. Only one thing can account for it— the
love of God in Christ Jesus. “Out of the wreck I rise” every time.” CHAMBERS
In Christ, there is a power to stand in the face
of any hardship with hope and confidence.
It does not mean that you suddenly don’t have the trial
anymore. It means that you have the
strength to persevere through the trial … to suffer the loss .. to endure the
pain … In our weakness, Jesus strength, in us, is demonstrated. What I am talking about is not like having a can of pepper spray with
you. Something you can ignore until the
time that you are in trouble and you can pull it out and use it. No it is more like have a black belt in
martial arts. You have the ability because
of many, many hours of training. Because
you have disciplined yourself. Prepared
yourself. And when the time comes, you are ready. You stand!
If you have been a Christian for any time at all,
you know that trouble will come, and it will come more than once in your life. Your response to life, particularly the hardships,
is the greatest witness you have. The
fruit of the Spirit is manifested in you in spite of what you experience, not because
of it. It is that fruit that people see and marvel at. In Christ, we have supernatural endurance … an endurance which brings
glory to God.
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the initials "S.
D. G." (Soli Deo Gloria a Latin term meaning Glory to God alone) at the end of all his religious compositions. I pray that that can be your signature on
every trial that you face. Let God be
glorified through our lives. For His glory and the good of others.
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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