I really appreciate the honesty that was given in the last post/comment. It's easy for me to write that I need to stop living and start doing. It's easy to write because saying it is simple, it's the doing that's the hard part. Putting your faith into action is not easy, and I dare say if it is easy for you, then you had probably better look to see if you really are putting it into action.
In Matthew 5 verse 11, Christ said:
"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Even Christ knew it would not be easy to put your faith in Him into action. To "do" in the midst of a world and culture that doesn't understand is hard. But Christ went onto to say that we should:
"12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
We have to remember that not only did Christ endure great temptation in the wilderness from Satan, He also endured all the temptations and ridicule we face today. He endured the jokes, the mockery, the insults, the pain and the suffering, the loneliness and the rejection. We can put our trust in a God and Savior that knows what we go through on a daily basis, because He went through it as well.
I want you to know, your not alone in your struggle with your co workers, I face it every day as do many others who are reading this. But this is one of the reasons I created this blog. When we share with one another our struggles and our pains, we can help each other through them. We can pray for each other and lift each other up. You are a child of God, created for such a time as this. He will give you strength and comfort. He will guide you and protect you.
In Hebrews 13: 5b-6 God gave us a promise that we can live by, and I'll end with this:
"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"
God Bless
1 comment:
Every time I read your blog, not only am I moved with emotion that these words are coming from my son, but I am moved to examine myself and the way I am "living" my Christian life.
You are so right in that we should be "doers of the Word" and not "hearers only." It's been said many times (especially to me), "what good is it if we spend time reading God's Word and yet don't put His Words into action. That's why we have His word in the first place.
Every morning when I have my devotions, I read the Old Testament AND the New Testament. The Old Testament I am finding so powerful with God's history of His chosen people and how much we are like them. But, sometimes it's like reading a novel and I read one chapter at a time. If it's interesting, I may read 2 chapters.
However, at the end of reading, I'm faced with the reality of what I have read and what I'm going to do with it. Doing is so much harder than reading, thinking and even praying. It's putting into action my faith, my beliefs and my fears.
Thank you for spurring this mother into action. I love you, son.
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