Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Romans 8:34 (KJV)
Happy Resurrection Sunday everyone!
I hope you have enjoyed this three-part post on Easter weekend and how sacrifice is always for a good cause when done for the right reasons because I have enjoyed writing it. It has been a helpful reminder to me that the sacrifices I have made along the way since leaving the last church I was at are going to pave the way for an even greater future for me.
Glory and Praise Belongs to God
I'm going to link to a song that has a special place in my life right now. Put simply, it reminds me that all the silence I face, all the waiting I face, does not change the fact that God has my best interests at heart in allowing things to play out the way that they have done.
Listening to this song always reminds me that, though I am often struggling in silence, I am never struggling alone.
The situations that have died on me, died for a reason.
The situations that confuse me today, don't confuse God.
The situations that try my patience today, worketh out endurance for me tomorrow.
I could go on, but I think you get the picture now.
When Nothing Happens, Something Often Does
The point I am trying to make is that I know my God is still working things out for me and my good even though I often trawl through confusion and despair. It is this that keeps me rooted and stablished in faith in God and in His timing.
Does it mean that I don't wish certain things turned out differently? Of course I do!
I am just learning to accept the things that are out of my control and only focus on gauging my words and actions in the things that are in my control.
It's not easy at all because it requires a lot of patience with God and with myself because I will screw up in my efforts. But I would rather have patience in God than in anyone or anything else.
Only God will be with me all the way through to eternity and beyond.
Only God can love me even in the middle of my mistakes.
Only God can sacrifice Someone worth trusting in, cleaving to and relying upon all for my benefit.
The same applies to you today; God loved you enough that He gave His Son for you (John 3:16) so isn't that a sacrifice worth considering?
Final Thought
As this trifecta of posts on God's sacrifice of His Son draws to a close, I hope that I have left you with enough to be thinking about going forward.
Jesus died so that you could be free from your sin, from your addictions and from your debts to selfish ambition.
Do you want to receive Him today? Ask Him to show you the way out. He'll do it, I believe and declare that He will.
Peace!
===TLP===
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