Knowing what is to come,,,,,, is not as important as knowing what to do before it comes, to be able to survive when it comes. But then we need to give a definition of to survive.
To Survive;
1. To not surrender the faith.
2. To make it to the narrow path that leads to the small gate, and then inter in to the kingdom of God.
3. To stand before the Father on that day and be told inter in My good and faithful servant.
i am at a place in life that i wont to stand up and yell no compromise!
i will not bend!,
i will not fade!,
i will not give in!,
i will not surrender!
i will fight to the end!
Lord if i am seeing and understanding Your word wrong please change my view on things, but if i’m seeing and understanding it correctly, the way You intended me to please give me the boldness and the correct words to use to convey it to others you bring across my path on this journey You have us on.
The Lord keeps bringing me back to Matthew 5
And opening His mouth He began teaching them, saying
Blessed are;
The pour in spirit,
Those who mourn
The gentle
Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
The merciful
The pure in heart
The peacemakers
Those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of things against you falsely, on account of Me.
Not sure i really need to know and understand what each of these words mean, for either i’am or i’am not these things. i can’t make my self be, just need to be willing to allow the Holy Spirit to move in my life to bring me to a point of being pour in spirit, mourn, gentle, hunger and thirst for righteousness, be merciful, have a pure heart, be a peacemaker,
and i don’t need to worry about what the blessings are that will come after these things have been worked out in my life the Lord said they will come so that is good enough for me, i trust Him.
i like this part; Rejoice and be glad for your reward in heaven is great, "Consider it all joy"
i really like these two verses, we have no reason to not have joy or be glad, we belong to Lord Jesus and through Him Father God what is their not to have joy about, we do as we are told in the bible and we get to live in heaven with Christ Jesus and Father God forever, why should we get uptight or bummed out over anything that happens in our life’ between now and eternity if Father God is in control.
It is all to get us to that small gate. i know i seem to be consumed with the small gate but i thank we should be, it seems to be rather important, like we can’t go around it to get in to heaven.
When we are filled with the Holy Spirit and get the word of God in to our lives we become as light as He is light, and we had better not hide the light, we need to allow the Holy Spirit to lead our lives on the path the Lord has set out before us, and join in to the race.
The Lord says that not even one of the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all is accomplished!
And Whoever then annuls even one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
i’m not one that is looking for power or greatness but i also do not look to be one of the least, so my conclusion is, just do what i’m told and obey the word of the Father.
Do not commit murder! Do not be angry with a brother! Do not call a brother good for nothing of a fool, unless i want to go to hell.
Don't stand on my own understanding but allow the Holy Spirit to lead and guide me allowing Him to be my teacher, not the world.