In these trying times, the majority of us would be tempted to throw in the towel and admit that the way forward would be tough and be resigned to 'fate' and allow the external circumstances dictate how and what we feel. Certainly the signings out there in the world are very uncertain and looks gloomy.
Three evenings ago, I was at a dinner with some of my former colleagues and we were comparing notes about how each person felt and the general mood was one of deja-vu - let whatever will happen fall on me - and anxiety. Well, throughout that evening I had to keep reminding myself that I am wonderfully created, redeemed and now blessed to live and enjoy all the blessings of my Abba Father.
To doubt Him after what He had achieved for us on the Cross is a big slap on His wrist and reject His grace and mercy to us. Indeed it is precisely that He wants us to be above our situations that He went to the Cross and took our punishment by dying so that He can then appropriate His righteousness on us. Where a righteous person is, there will the blessings be and I choose to believe and claim that promise over my life and to continue to enjoy His shalom peace over my every moment of life.
Sure, the devil will want to steal the word in us that we are the blessed children of our Lord Jesus Christ and when we lose our focus and start to feel and be dejected like the rest of the world who do not know Him, he has just robbed us of our joy and peace. When we are not in the place of rest, we will not be able to enjoy the Father's peace in us and open the door to sicknesses and diseases (dis-ease). No wonder so many live miserable lives and do not go on to enjoy length of days as the Father had promised us.
So, as for me and my household, we will feed on the Lord, enjoy His every blessing and go on to live good days for a very long, long, long time.
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