Rescue

Indeed the Lord shall rescue you from all persecutions when it is all about the will of the Father. No differently to the way He raised his Son from the dead. But we must not miss the overarching intent that drove the Lord Jesus Christ, which was this; He has overcome and cushioned the vicious blows from the devil and his followers who still continue to carry malicious intent with an objective to destroy Christians, kill and separate them from God for eternity; Satan failed along time ago and he will fail with us also, so long as our gaze remains fixed upon our Saviours finished work. Jesus overcame Satan with all his deceitful lures! Regardless of the ferocity of the storm, Jesus has overcome and the Christian can hang his hat on that and on nothing else.

It is easy to get “lost in translation” with the world and all its pressures, which often brings us down. The struggles of life can be rather overwhelming at times. However, when we find yourself dazed, stop and seek out the still sweat voice of God. Lend an ear to His whisper and before long a settling peace will be our reward. Not that the struggle will miraculously disappear; but we will be persuaded of this, that God is on your side and the gates of hell shall not prevail, Hallelujah! It’s at times like these that we will soon be reminded of verses like these; "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:25-34)

Life often leaves a bitten taste in ones mouth, whilst at times there is much enjoyment while eating strawberries until that day arrives when you unswervingly pop a rotten one into your mouth and all the bliss that has gone before is soon forgotten as you hastily spit out the unwelcomed flavour that now haunts your pallet. The longer we live the more we realise that life isn’t always going to be a bed of roses. That is why it is imperative to focus upon our hope, heaven with all its glory will one day be ours. Even so come quickly Lord Jesus! That day will be filled with such bliss that the Bible depicts it like this; “But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him" (1Corinthians 2:9) – Once we get to heaven the struggles of this life will soon be forgotten and our race will be run, but until then we need to be constantly reminded of the hope we have in Christ and what a HOPE that is! Even though the pressure of the constant surge of the barraging waves relentlessly continue to pound away at our worlds we have this expectation, that One day we will see our Saviour face to face and then we will be rewarded with a body like His, wow! Death and decay will be removed and eternity will begin. How I long for that day! But until that day arrives for the Christian let us remember to press towards the mark of the high calling of God, for it will be worth it all!

Signing off

Tyrone