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Wednesday 13 July 2011

Faith and its War!

(Hebrews 3:13) “But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.”

This morning I wish to thank you my God for your brilliance in and through your glorious instructive Word as it teaches us how to act. Today is a new day and it is filled with new possibilities. Yesterday may have been a disaster, or it may have been filled with obedience, but the truth be told, it has passed and we will not get it back, and it has been recorded in the history books of time. The 12th of July 2011 has passed and will never return, not at least until judgment day and how that will exactly unfold carries with it some guesswork. But be sure it will happen!

So wherever we find ourselves this morning; whether we are in a state of sorrow or the opposite may be our portion, we could feel good about Yesterday and how we engaged with our God and Father throughout the day. The Bible has an instruction for ever scenario. This morning we can find obedience, all we have to do is find an answer in and through God’s Word, the Bible and act upon it. How great is our God? So we are without excuse, the Lord Jesus has made a way, praise his name! “Obedience is better than sacrifice”!

If there is one lesson I am learning to value the most and although I still fail miserably at times, it is patiently teaching me to live day by day and no more… "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:34) 

If we have had a torrid time of late just remember that today is a day with new beginnings, if we have sinned all we need to do is to fall to our knees and seek God’s forgiveness, as we know what His response will be; “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1John 1:9)

If we are standing with our shoulders back and as proud as a peacock, then the caution would be;For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” (Romans 12:3)

If Yesterday was a day full or tears, today may just be the day where mourning is turn to laughter. Or it could even be the time of our testing with hardship on the horizon. There are numerous different possibilities we face. Conversely the Lord Jesus has experience every single one of them and yet without succumbing to the sin that so easily besets. The warfare is fierce and Peter gives us this warning;Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.” (1Peter 2:11)

If anger has not been part of our daily routine, I pray that we would be filled with righteous anger as we call on our Lord for assistance. It is far too easy to compromise and succumb to the temptation of sin. It will never gratify or edify and all it can ever accomplish is a sense of failure as it leaves us covered in dirt with grazes all over. Nevertheless today has new beginning, so call out to the Lord! “For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.” (Proverbs 24:16)

Whatever our state, there is a truth that will never change and that is the Lord Jesus has overcome, so then, what will we do with His victory today?

Signing off

Tyrone   
     


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