Often, like the apostle Paul, we are pressed out of measure and above strength in our daily lives. But we shouldn't be because there is nothing in this world that our Lord God and Saviour Jesus does not have in His control. Everything that happens occurs for a reason, even when we don't immediately recognize the reason. Indeed, His timing is exact. God has a plan for our lives that is both unique and awesome. But first we must seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Seek the wondrous love of Jesus. Seek His abundant and everlasting mercy and grace.
I Corinthians 1: 9 states: "We had the sentence of death in ourselves." The devil wants to destroy us -- destroy our very being - our passion and love for Jesus who willingly shed His blood on the cross so that we might know Him more intimately. But the spirits of this world don't stop there. The devil also wants to destroy our zeal for life.
But as we read in Romans chapter 10 in reference to Israel "my heart's desire and prayer to God is that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth."
This is why Paul wrote -- when the toils of this world become too heavy and seemingly more than we can handle, "We should not trust in ourselves but in God which raiseth the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver. In whom we trust that He will yet deliver us."
Therefore, confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thy heart that God hath raised Him from the dead and thou shalt be saved. For with the heart men and women believe unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For whosoever believeth in Jesus shall be saved. Trust His counsel and wisdom today. Stand in the offering plate.
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