OUR FAITH IN CHRIST AND OUR TRUST IN HIM MUST BE OUR ONLY HOPE IN ADVERSITY.
THE CALLED & CHOSEN:
LET OUR FAITH IN CHRIST AND OUR TRUST IN HIM BE OUR ONLY HOPE IN ADVERSITY.
CHRIST DID NOT PROMISE ANY OF HIS FOLLOWERS A LIFE FREE OF TRIALS AND HARDSHIP; WHAT HE DID PROMISE
IS THAT ‘HE WILL NOT FORSAKE US. (HEBREWS, 13:-5)
ISAIAH, 55:-6-7 “SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR. LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS; LET HIM RETURN TO THE LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY ON HIM; AND TO OUR GOD, FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON.”
AS BELOVED OF CHRIST, WE HAVE TO BE COURAGEOUS IN DEALING WITH LIFE AND WHATEVER THROWS AT US BY SATAN BECAUSE WE HAVE A FATHER WHO NEVER FAILS.HAVING PEACE OF MIND IN THE MIDST OF ADVERSITY IS THE MAJOR REASON FOR HAVING CHRIST IN OUR LIVES AS CHRISTIANS. (JOHN, 14:-27) SOMETIMES LIFE MIGHT NOT BE COMFORTABLE AS WE WANT IT, BUT WITH STRONG FAITH AND CHRIST ON OUR SIDE, WE WILL OVERCOME. (MATTHEW, 6:-25-33)
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE BEING TEMPTED ON A DAILY BASIS TO DO THE UNGODLY THINGS THAT MIGHT ALLEVIATE OUR CONDITION; WE MUST REMEMBER NOT TO BECAUSE OF LUXURY THAT WILL LAST ONLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ABANDONED OUR FAITH AND TRUST IN CHRIST.(ROMANS, 8:-35-39)
IN CONCLUSION: “NO TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU EXCEPT WHAT IS COMMON TO MANKIND. AND GOD IS FAITHFUL; HE WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN BEAR. BUT WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED, HE WILL ALSO PROVIDE A WAY OUT SO THAT YOU CAN ENDURE IT.”
(1 CORINTHIANS, 10:-13)