WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I have talked to a lot of defeated and discouraged people in the past week. It’s often been said that life is hard even on a good day.  But here are questions for those of you who are defeated, discouraged, overwhelmed with whatever you are facing in life —

What are you focusing on? Are you looking at the circumstances or God?

How big is your God? What is He able to do?

What or who do you hope in or do you have any hope? If you don’t have any hope do you know where to get it?

As believers, we have hope in our Awesome God because He gave His only Son, Jesus, who bled and died for us and when we accept Him as our Lord and Savior we become children of God and co-heirs with Jesus.  What does that mean?

Jesus won victory over sin because He did not stay dead.  He arose and is alive in heaven today with the Father interceding for us and preparing us a heavenly home.  What does that mean?

We have an advocate in heaven.  When Satan comes saying, “look at him he is guilty, he got it all wrong again”. Jesus tells the Father that we are one of His followers and we are not guilty because our sins are covered, actually, washed away with His death and resurrection.  What does that mean?

We are not guilty because of Jesus death on the cross.  Yes we sin but we confess to God and agree with Him that what we did or thought was wrong.  We do it immediately when we know we have sinned and we repent.  What does that mean?

When we repent we turn away from our sin and go God’s way, walking in obedience to the direction He leads us as we pray and study His Word.

What does it all mean?

God loves us more than we will ever comprehend and we are His children.

We have total access to God and His power, protection and peace.  The Presence of God is actually with us all the time through the Holy Spirit living in us!  We are never without God! We never will be!

God’s Word, the Bible gives us hope and direction as well as comfort and peace.  We get to know who God is and what He is like when we read His Word.

We have the hope of heaven when we die and the hope of joy in the midst of difficult circumstance today because God is with us! We can rise above the circumstances and live victoriously!

Our God is an awesome God who created everything by just speaking words! Look around at nature and be amazed how God has orchestrated life and seasons down to the tiniest detail.  Look at the newborn baby and see the wonder of how life begins.

We as believers know God’s love.  We can see the power of God in nature, in birth, and in our everyday lives.

We must put our focus on God and His power not on the circumstances. Look to God. He is your refuge and hope!  Believers have hope!

Luke 1:37 King James Version (KJV)

³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Philippians 4:13 New Living Translation (NLT)

¹³ For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

Psalm 46:1 King James Version (KJV)

46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

And one of my favorites:

Zephaniah 3:17 New International Version (NIV)

17 The Lord your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you;
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.”