A
reminder for today
That's
why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships,
persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I
am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10)
I love this verse and I must say that it always reminds
me of what Jesus said in John 15: Do you
remember what I told you? 'A slave is not greater than the master.' Since they
persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to
me, they would listen to you.
So to follow Jesus is not a task for the giver upper type
of average dude. I love this quote: The enemy always fights the hardest when he
knows God has something great in store for you. To me this is a daily thought. You
see if we follow Jesus and accept Him as our saviour; the enemy will do
anything to destroy us because we already have something great in store for us,
because we are headed for heaven and the enemy does not want that. He wants us
to perish in the fire with him. So the more we resist his attacks the more he
will fight to defeat us. So I take great pleasure in all my weaknesses and in
the insults and hardships that I have gone through and am still going to go
through, because I know God is going to do great things through me and
therefore the enemy will do anything to break me.
So today I want to remind you that yes life is hard and
yes it is still going to get harder, but you are a child of God and you have
chosen Jesus as your saviour and Lord. So stand up with me from the dust where
the enemy is trying to destroy us and let us take pleasure in our weaknesses
and the hardships and the persecutions and all the trouble we see each day. For
when we are weak, we are strong and the world around us will see this strength
and they will see Jesus in us and they will fall to their knees, because in the
end every knee will bend to God, and
every tongue will confess and give praise to God. (Romans 14)
Lord guide us through our troubles and hardships and give
us strength so that the we can take pleasure in these times so that the world
will see you in us and that every knee will bend down to you and that every
tongue will confess and give praise to you. In Jesus name.
Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus
Cheers