EMPOWERING LIVES WITH PURPOSE:
We all face tests in life, and those trials can take us from agony and pain in the shadow of death to exciting mountaintop experiences. The choice is up to us. Do we learn from our tests and trials, or do we run and curse them?
Tests will definitely come, but God, in His promises, will work in you and triumph over all. It is important to look for God as we walk through anything in this lifetime. God is ALWAYS with us.
God is the consuming fire who takes us through trials that purge us from things around us that are not right. He helps us from things that hinder us from a victorious future. GOD, in all His infinite wisdom, helps us!
I continuously reflect on my own life past as I was purged from sin, then set free and propelled to be able to live and walk in a life of abundance in serving Christ.
We learn through God’s Word, which says, “Blessed is the man who trusts in God and who makes God the source of his trust.” (Jeremiah 17:7)
Sometimes, God needs to get our attention when we do not look to Him for our direction in life. I had taken my own path and chose sin…BUT GOD.
Through scripture, we can learn that God says to obey, and we have a choice to do so or not. It’s a test, a definite test. Blessings in freedom will come when we are obedient to Him. Consequences and bondage come when we are stagnant in sin.
This scripture tells us:
“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you because you obey the voice of the Lord your God.” (Deuteronomy 28:1-2)
As God instructed Abraham, and Abraham obeyed, God made his name great, and He blessed him and said he’d make him a great nation. Read Genesis 12:1-3.
This verse should make us really think about obedience each day we wake up in Christ.
“It’s not what you believe that makes your life great; it is what you obey-for obedience is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22)