PROBLEMS

Me-maw Thoughts
Number 343
August 29, 2017

Life is full of problems:
Ups and downs, victories and failures, valleys to go through and mountains to climb.

We face sickness, death of a friend or loved one, loss of direction and we may lose our smile for a while. But all of you have probably heard this saying: “Life goes on”.

I remember back many (oh, so many years ago) when we were coming from the cemetery after burying my mother (the sweetest lady on earth). I looked around from the car we were in and I don’t remember if it was me or one of my sisters who said; “Look at those people, they are just going about their business as if nothing has happened”.

Of course, it had not happened to them but to us our world had been rocked and we felt like the entire world should be taking notice.

As a mother of two small children I needed my Mother but “Life Goes On!”. I walked through those days because my Hope is in the Lord Jesus Christ. I had a center of Trust in Almighty God and knew His Word was Truth.

Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

John 16:33 (KJV)
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Jesus promised us we would never be alone and also that in the middle of our situations we can have peace and be of good cheer because He overcame the world.

1 John 4:4 (KJV)
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

We can face life with confidence because the greater one lives in us.

Psalm 119:114 (KJV)
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Jeremiah 17:7 (KJV)
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

I have been able to face each hardship and situation in my life because I know who I believe in. I know that this life is just a vapor and we need to do all the good we can while we are here, eternity is ahead.

In addition to that I know that I have a helper strong and sure who is with me always.

Romans 15:13 (KJV)
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

So, I ask you this morning; Who do you turn to when you face life’s problems? I truly cannot imagine trying to navigate this life without the giver of life right with me. I do not understand how a person faces each day without the Love of the Creator God flowing through them.

1 Corinthians 15:19 (KJV)
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

Paul says without hope in Christ hereafter we are miserable. There is more than just this life. Are you walking in the victory of the Lord Jesus Christ or are you miserable? Are you filled with Peace in this midst of all the ugly in the world or are you in panic?

What a shame to miss all the help and strength God the Father provides. I cannot take one step without the Lord Jesus Christ. Does that make me weak? No that makes me strong because I recognize that Jesus overcame the world and the greater one lives in me.

Look at John 16:33 again:
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Hallelujah!!!!! The one who walks with me, my best friend Jesus, has it all under control.

Remember “Life goes on!”, but it is only through Jesus Christ we can truly live in victory.

May we face this day and all it brings, with the greater one…..
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Father God, creator of the universe, my Abba Father. I come to you with a grateful heart that I do not have to do life alone. I thank you that I do not have to navigate my day and my way without you. Thank you for God the Holy Spirit that lives in me and gives me all I need to face whatever a day may bring. I ask that you be real to all who read this and may they understand that you the greater one lives or desires to live in them. Glory and Honor to your name and thank you for the relationship Jesus paid for on the cross. Amen

Remember you are never alone!
Love, Me-Maw