Give Diligence to Make Your Calling and Election Sure
God is looking for willing people. And if you’ll avail yourself to Him, He’ll do so much through You that this world will tangibly see your divine impact.
God is looking for willing people. And if you’ll avail yourself to Him, He’ll do so much through You that this world will tangibly see your divine impact.
When the Apostle Peter wrote, “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you …” (2 Peter 1:2), he didn’t end there. He continued to show us how this multiplication would occur. That is, through the knowledge of God and of Jesus Jesus our Lord. So the more you know God and Jesus, the more grace you’ll walk in and more peace you’ll enjoy, even amid turmoils in this evil age.
Isaiah 43:2 says that when you pass through the waters, meaning difficulties, God will be with you. And when you pass through the rivers, meaning hefty issues that have killed people, those situations won’t override His presence of peace in your life. And in the fire too, you shall not be burned. All these means that God will always be with you, even in the most difficult situations.
When you submit to God’s ways to overcome temptation, the Bible says blessed are you (James 1:12). But what kind of blessing is that? It’s called the reception of the crown of life, which God has promised for only those who love Him. That means you’ll receive life to live above such temptation.
To the young believer who keeps investing in knowing God more intimately day by day, you shall bear fruit in your old age. You shall flourish in the courts of God. You shall come up with innovations that make God known in this evil generation in the name of Jesus.
Sometimes, you’ll not get a specific father in Christ to build you up, but through one notable encounter and consistent fellowship with the Lord, you’ll become a firebrand minister. For every child of God like that, I pray for the grace to start and finish strong in the Lord’s work.
Child of God, don’t follow what the worldly people say about life. Try this; try that. No! Live by the structures and systems God has helped you to build around you life based on you revelation of God’s Word.
Never be so stringent on protecting your life that you’ll not allow God to flexibly instruct you to do things that are according to His ways.
If God says David’s generation, who are now believers in Christ, may possess the remnant of Edom, it means that unbelievers have taken authority over in every realm of life and will eventually be overtaken by believers.
Serving selflessly in Christ will always result in serving others who, under normal circumstances, should serve you. But he who serves others is great. Never think you’re subservient for serving God.
Be like the praying Epaphras, maybe not for another church but for yourself, your family and your ministry. I assure you that things will turn around for your good in ways unimaginable.