Down to the Wire

 

As if it isn't bad enough, all the doubts we suffer, that there is no shortage of those who would help us along in those doubts, either by design, or by foolish ignorance.

The Lord has a constant message for us all through the Bible, but more specifically in the New Testament.

And that is Encouragement and Edification. Love and Peace, not as the world gives, but as He gives.

You see, He knows our weaknesses. Yeah and you're probably saying as you read this...

Well duh...

But the real question is do you or I, know He knows?

In a previous entry, I spoke about how this covenant of Christ our Messiah for our salvation depends solely on Him, and not our abilities. How can there be divine Peace and divine Love in your life and expressed through His Spirit in us if you are living in fear and doubt?

I had the great opportunity to consider all this over the last week or two with our snow storm, and being home bound by it.

In these last hours of the last days upon us, we need so much to encourage one another. Stick to the work you are given, for the sphere of influence you have, large or small. A victory of one soul is as worth the effort as hundreds.

If you doubt you are doing enough, shed the false guilt, and step back and remember it's not you doing the work, it is Christ doing the work.

God is able and ready to do great things with small resources.

You say you only have 2 loaves and 5 fishes? Let Him feed 5000 and then another 4000 with it.

You say you only have 2 small coins to donate to His cause, let Him work a financial miracle with it! Remember that 200 people that donate a dollar to something, is better than 1 person who donates a hundred dollars.

In my own life, I have grown quite tired of doubts and the nagging false guilt's that abound, and I am speaking about my own, but I relay this to you the reader as well.

Don't let people define your faith, your salvation. They don't have a say in it at all. It's between you and the Savior, the only Name in and under heaven that saves and has already paid the price in full.

No opinion of others, nor any opinion about yourself counts. The covenant of Salvation by Christ, requires everything from God, and nothing from you. That is why it is a gift and is defined as such.

Be assured that He keeps His own as the Good Shepherd, and why He leaves the 99 to save the one.

I often wonder in disappointing amazement at those who continue to push the narrative that we must work to keep in good standing with Christ. It seems they feel and believe that good work brings on true faith. It's the proverbial Cart-before-the-Horse. It's backwards.

No, I tell you, True faith produces good works, and not works of our own making. It is Christ working through us. The good works of Christ in us, Who produces them from us, are the ones that survive the fire of testing.

Should anyone condemn you as lazy, useless, worthless, in the faith, they have already betrayed their failure and lack of faith.

(Romans 8:1)

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."

If Christ no longer condemns us, why would you or I take any condemnation from another, mere mortal men and women?

Fear no man, and there is only one Judge and Ruler over all, and we have been made friends of God, and made family, by His gift and covenant.

All one need do, is believe in Him, believe in His promise, and accept His free gift, and profess it in your life to others that they may see the great work done in you and so many others.

Grace and peace to you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Don't be a grape. 🚫 🍇

🦊 Jack [ The Foxman on the Wall ]