We Don’t Live Here
Believers, we must live our lives here on earth knowing that we don’t belong here. We will escape the battles and the struggles one day.
Author: reflectionsintheword
Running on Empty
It’s been a long time, a long hard slog, and we feel discouraged. We know God has helped us. We know He has seen us through so far… but will it ever end? Will we be hiding in the wilderness forever?? Will our finances ever get straightened out? Will our health, or the health of a loved one, ever get better??
FEAR NOT: (If) Your Soul is Safe
Financial advisors always tell us to plan for the future, not to live just for the moment. Likewise, let us take an eternal view. We (our spirits) will be alive long, long after our bodies die. Our lives will be just a fleeting moment on the eternal time-scale. Let get our priorities right.
Preparing for the Real Big Bang: Living On when Earth is Gone
If all the material things, that we so love to accumulate, are going to be dissolved,
Then it is wiser to spend our time and effort accumulating spiritual treasure that will be preserved for eternity.
FEAR NOT: Love your Neighbor
It takes work, it takes effort to love each other. It takes work to be fair to each other, to treat each other justly/fairly. BUT this is how Believers, the People of God, become a blessing among the heathen.
Real Rest
Rest can be defined as freedom from strife, freedom from anxiety. But, apart from God there is no rest: man cannot free himself of strife and anxiety.
Complexity Curtails Clarity: Trust in God
…human beings are predisposed to bad judgment, because our minds are simply unable to keep track of everything that goes on in us and around us.
FEAR NOT: Awesome Experiences Await, Be Strong!!!
Strength then comes from trusting in God rather than ourselves. The strong, courageous man/woman is not the one who is ‘self-reliant’. The strong, courageous man/woman is God-reliant.
The Puzzle Pieces Fit Perfectly and the Picture is Beautiful… Just Wait (in Faith) and See (in Glory)
But I know, that I know, that I know, my God does ALL things well. He has a purpose for every single thing that He does, and our part as His child is to trust Him even when current circumstances may seem hopeless or unfair.
FEAR NOT: Call God for Help
We live in a sinful, fallen world; therefore, we will never escape the effects of mankind’s sinfulness on our lives. But God will be with us, He will strengthen us, if we call on Him, “fear not”.
Reflections in The WORD 