Someone emailed this to me today and I thought it was a great read and had to share it with my brothers and sisters on ifish. rp
“In this world you will have trouble, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world.” – Jesus (John 16:33)
Life is not easy. Life can be very, very tough. Everyone that I know is dealing with some kind of trouble in life; believers and non-believers alike.
All you have to do is turn on the news. There are wars and rumors of wars. There are outbreaks of disease, famine, hurricanes, and earthquakes. There are troubles all over the world. You may look outside your door and see homelessness, racism or drug addiction troubling your streets. You may look in your mailbox and find that you have trouble paying your bills this month. Maybe you’ve just received a troubling call from the doctor giving you bad news about your health. Maybe your troubles have to do with the way you look or the thoughts that you have about yourself and others.
The scripture says that whoever, or wherever, you are in this world, you will have trouble.
I have no problem believing that because I can see the trouble with my own eyes. I experience it daily. It's the next part of that verse that gets me.
Jesus says, “Be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world.” That is a heavy statement! Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world?
I am not a genius. I'm not even a high school graduate, but I think God is telling us that there is nothing in this world too big or too small for the creator of the universe to handle. As a matter of fact, Jesus says that he has already overcome the world. Does this mean that when we wake up tomorrow all of our trouble will be gone and our problems will no longer be staring us in the face? No. But it does mean that the face of God is much bigger and more significant than the face of our trouble. It means that we will have victory if we have Jesus. It means that even if things do not turn out the way we had hoped, God is still working out his plan in our lives.
So no matter what you are going through today, and no matter what you go through tomorrow, remember, Jesus already has your back. You were created before the foundations of the world. God has already provided for you and your situation.
Trust on Him, and you will overcome.
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Josh Brown is the lead-singer of GRAMMY-nominated and Dove Award-winning rock band, Day of Fire.
dayoffire.com
Very interesting read!
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