I was thinking about Christmas today and feeling all the wonder one starts to feel when you think about the beauty of God's gift to us through his son. It made me think about waiting, and how the people that lived before Jesus time must have had days they stressed out thinking will the Messiah ever come... praying that it would be soon.
Here we are some 2000 years later waiting... wondering when will He come back? Or maybe closer to the truth would be are we or our loved ones ready for His return? The word says...
1 Thessalonians 5
1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:
5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
6 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
I know my dear friends that many of you are praying over loved ones who are hard of heart and that have not recieved Jesus. Do not give up, we do not know God's timing and the word promises that prayers of the righteous will be heard and the words of the Lord will not return void.
1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Be diligent not only in your own walk but in sharing Him with others. Someone once said the life of a Christian may be the only Bible an unsaved person ever reads, what do our lives reflect? What spills out when circumstances aren't the best? The word says fruits of the spirit should pour out...
Galatians 5:26 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.
Wow, that's worth repeating...
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.
A huge responsibility that requires a lot of prayer and an impossible command if we allow ourselves to drift very far from Him.
Sherri <><
