Sunday, June 30, 2024

BELIEVE IN HIM, OR LIVE FOR HIM?

BELIEVE IN HIM, OR LIVE FOR HIM?

At the end of a video my friend Jerry sent me, there was a statement that arrested my attention: “The question is not, ‘Do you believe in God,’ but ‘Are you living for Him?’” The speaker confirmed the fact that the devil believes in God, and we see proof in the Bible. When Jesus was tempted by the devil, the devil quoted scripture to Jesus to try to trick him. The devil “saith unto him, ‘If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, . . . .” (Matt. 4:6). 

 

In James 2:19, the Apostle James tells us this truth: “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. Believing in the true God is great, but living for Him takes faithfulness and determination to follow through to the end. Are we strong enough and are we willing? Yes, we are.

 

Living for God and yielding to the leadership of Jesus Christ, is the only thing that makes real sense in this world. Family is great, yes, and happiness is great, yes. But when it’s all over, what do we have to show for our lives, if we’ve said no to the opportunity to walk on the side of the one who created us and loves us more than anyone?

 

Let’s step up to Jesus today and ask what we can do for him. We ask for the blessing of what it says in Phillipians 2:13: “God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Just for today. Do tomorrow when it gets here.

 

“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof” (Matt. 6:34). And Psalm 118:24 tells us: “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

 

Love, Carolyn

You can get my publications on Amazon: Great keys to living a Christian life every day. I’m starting to get the chapters together for WINGS: A Journey in Faith Volume 3. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=BOOKS+BY+cAROLYN+mOLICA&crid=16D4X7I4BV76Z&sprefix=books+by+carolyn+molic%2Caps%2C450&ref=nb_sb_noss

 

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