Rediscover The Lord

Do you feel like it is time to rediscover the Lord and His Word?  

Have you grown complacent and a little separated from your first love?  

Have you allowed worldly things to mar your vision of who the Lord is and what

He meant to you when you first started your journey with Him?  

Has your prayer life suffered and is your Bible collecting dust because of its lack

of use?  

Have you been taken in by negative people spouting things they know very little

about?  

Have you allowed the evil one to whisper lies and deception in your ears?

Are you starting to believe the lies of man instead of the truth of God?

Have you allowed stress and worry to flood your soul instead of the Lord’s

peace, love and joy because of what you hear on the news?

We live in a time of trouble, which I think will get worse as time goes on, but this is not a time to give up and throw in the towel, so to speak, no, this is a time to rediscover the Lord and His Word.  The Word says in the last days there will be scoffers.  Today is a day when the Constitution is being mocked and done away with in many cases; laws are legislated and imposed from the bench instead of the Constitution.  More and more Christians are being persecuted and our religious freedoms are slowly being taken away, but this is not a time to retreat.  This is a time to stand steadfast, unwavering in our dedication and commitment to our Lord and Savior, it is not a time to throw away our confidence.  We have a duty to fight for God’s truth and not shrink back or let the mockers, false teachers, negative talkers or even our trials get to us.  

Read what it says in the book of Jude, who was James’ brother and a servant of the Lord, in Jude 1:17-25, “But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; that they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts. These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And on some have mercy, who are in doubt; and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen.”

There will be mockers, false teachers and false religions that will try to deceive you but we have been warned so that we won’t be deceived.  But if we start believing man’s report instead of God’s report we will be deceived.  As for trials and tribulation, we were told that these will come and how we should respond to them.

Read James 1:2-8, “Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience. And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.”

Now read 1 Peter 4:11-14, “if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; is any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you: but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy. If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.”

Now read this in John 16:33, “These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

These things are not to discourage us but to encourage us.  If these things weren’t recorded for us and they all of a sudden materialized, then we would be blindsided, but they are there so when they happen we won’t be shocked.  We need to be strong and courageous so that we can stand firm in the faith.  Maybe you need to rediscover who the Lord is and get back into His Word and prayer.

All these negative things will happen because we have an enemy, but he cannot overcome us as long as we walk in the Spirit and not gratify the works of the flesh and we walk with the whole armor of God in place.  We are more than conquerors if we are in Christ Jesus, praise God!  He is our defender, shield and fortress, our strong tower and much more and we can rely on Him.  Something to think about!  May the good Lord bless you and yours and may you have a great day!!