A reminder for
today
If we die with him, we
will also live with him. If we endure hardship, we will reign with him. If we
deny him, he will deny us. If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he
cannot deny who he is. (2 Timothy 2:11-13)
It Friday – finally. This was a long week. Lots of stuff in
all areas that took its toll. How are you, my friend? I look forward to the
weekend and especially church on Sunday. I love my time with Jesus and obviously,
I love time with the family. My sister is visiting us over the weekend and we
look forward to see her and chat a little. Have you any plans for the weekend? Take
it easy. Get some rest and spend a little more time in bed. To be a little lazy
can also be good sometimes. Rejuvenate that spirit and reload the energy for
the week ahead.
The world is a weird place and people are so funny. There are
so many of us caught up in our own little world that we are blinded by what
really happens. I am reading all the comments and criticism over Donald Trump
and his administration. He is a Christian just like you and me and yet the
Christians are the ones criticizing him. Does the Lord not teach us to pray for
our fellow Christians so that they will follow the voice of God? Does the Lord
not teach us to pray for our leaders? You guys should take a look at our leader
her in South Africa and what he says. Yet we pray for him so that he will do the right thing. So when you start to look at all this and you see the
corruption and the violence and the hate crimes, you think how could these
people remain positive. How do they continue to stand? How much more can they
take? The problem is that the world judges someone on what they hear and in
most cases, what they hear in the news. You cannot judge your neighbour on the
car he drives because you do not know his circumstances. We are blinded by our
own pride and the worst thing is that we do not want another to succeed. We are
jealous and greedy and we would lie for our own benefit even if it means our words
can destroy another.
So what am I saying to you today. You are a Christian and
you are the mirror that reflects the Lord our God to the outside world. You are
better than this. You bigger than the tiny self-centred people that likes their
own voices so much. You are more than just human. Therefore, stop fighting the
wrong enemy. The person is not the enemy, the devil that deceives this person
is the enemy and how do you defeat that enemy, by standing on your knees and
pray. Do not become part of the crowd but be the light that the crowd follows. Do
not allow the negativity of this dark world to influence your true nature, because
your true nature is in Jesus Christ and when He was here He did not turn people
away on what they were and what they did not did He look at their race. To Him
we are all part of His creation and this means He died for all of us. Yes, even
you.
Now, if we die with
him, we will also live with him. If we endure hardship, we will reign with him.
If we deny him, he will deny us. If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for
he cannot deny who he is.
Lord, there are so many people trying to deceive us through
so many different means. I pray that you will open our eyes to the lies of this
world and help us to see only the good in other just as you see only the good
in us. I pray that you will bless our leaders and give them wisdom and courage
to do the right thing and to rule out corruption. I pray that you bless our
lands and that you will heal our lands. Be with us so that we will show your
heart to this world and help us to stand firm as we wear your armour and show
the lies of the enemy to the world. Let us defeat him with pure hearts. In
Jesus name.
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
