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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Walking with God “If you can characterize your walk with God as being easy or convenient, I would say you probably aren’t doing it right.” One of my friends told this to his congregation in a message he preached. This stuck in my mind because it’s so true. Life is hard; God never promised us that it wouldn’t be. Problems come our way, challenges spring up, difficulty is all around us and failure is waiting in the wings. But, come on, does it have to be this hard. I mean, I’m a Christian and God is supposed to have my back. Right? Not so fast. God wants to challenge you so you can grow and mature and so that your faith in Him will increase. He wants you to take the risk and step out in faith. This gives him the opportunity to show his power. He longs to bless you so that you can bless others, this will allow them to see Him through you. However, it was a guarantee that things were going to go your way, or that you were going to be blessed all the time and never have to endure hardships, this wouldn’t give him the chance to take care of you. So, along with the blessings comes the risk of hardships. He orchestrates it all according to his plan. Hold on, Pasta’ Alex, are you telling me got jacks me on purpose sometimes? Not at all! Only good things come from Him. However, he allows bad things to happen to good people sometimes. Bad things come from our enemy, Satan, who wants to jack you so that you give up and quit. He wants to take you out of the fight. The Bible says he comes to steal, kill and destroy. He is ready to battle you. Are you ready to battle him? The Bible compares our walk with the Lord as a fight. Are you ready to fight? When you signed up to be in the Lord’s Army, I hope you realized it was going to be tough. It’s not easy, comfortable or convenient. We have to be ready to stand strong for the Lord at all times. Every part of our being has to be ready for battle – our heart, soul and mind. God doesn’t want a partial commitment to the fight, He wants all or nothing. So, I repeat: If you can characterize your walk with God as being easy or convenient, I would say you probably aren’t doing it right. Can you dig it?!?! Pasta’ Alex posted by Pasta' Alex # 5:13 PM   Comments: Post a Comment << Home |
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