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Habakkuk 1:13 ” Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; You cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? “
Habakkuk’s name means “wrestler”…and throughout this book, he wrestles with the question of why God would let evil go unpunished. We could easily ask the very same question today. Why do violent, murderous people continue to prey on the innocent? Where is Your justice Lord? It’s an age-old question that humanity has struggled with forever, and may never fully understand.
Romans 8:15 ” For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the spirit of son ship.”
Before you were in bondage…now you are free. Before you were subject to fear…now you are liberated from its grip. Before you were an orphan in the world…now you have been adopted into the Family of God.
Isaiah 28: 16 ” So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.’ “
What are you standing on? If you’re believing in the world’s standards and ideology, you’ll be disappointed and disillusioned. But if your trust and faith is in the one sure foundation of Jesus Christ…regardless of upheaval around, you will be established firmly in His care.
John 4: 42 ” They said to the woman, ‘ We no longer believe just because of what you said; Now we have heard ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.’ “
The Samaritan woman’s divine appointment with Jesus at the well had so impacted her that she hurried back to tell everyone, “Come, see a man who has told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” And the scriptures say that many believed because of her testimony. Her testimony…her unique story of how Jesus came into her life and changed it for the better. Her testimony was what drew the people to Jesus, but each then had their own encounter with the Savior…receiving not only eternal life, but their own unique story…their own testimony to share with others.
Malachi 4:2 ” But for you who revere My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.”
Any Believer will honestly attest that life isn’t always fair. People will hurt you, disappoint you, and cause you more heartache than you think you can bear. But this verse gives us all encouragement today, for when the sun comes up tomorrow it will be a brand new day…full of newness and promise – and hope. And that hope will provide the ability to persevere. For hope in itself, is just like warm, sunshine on your face at sunrise. Have faith…tomorrow is coming.
John 17: 25-26 ” Righteous Father, though the world does not know You, I know You, and they know that You have sent Me. I have made You known to them, and will continue to make You known in order that the love You have for Me may be in them and that I Myself may be in them. “
We will know who God is by learning and experiencing His love through His Son, Jesus Christ. This ” Agape” love reaches far beyond our realm of understanding in that…God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall never perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) God loves you, because you believe in His Son.
John 17:24 ” Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, and to see My glory, the glory You have given Me because You loved Me before the creation of the world.”
You are a co-heir with Jesus… a co-heir to the glorious inheritance that was prepared for you before the world began. (Matt. 25:34) And in this prayer for all Believers, Jesus wants us to not only behold His glory … but then realize, this glory is for us also.
John 17: 22-23 ” I have given them the glory that You gave Me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and You in Me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me.”
In this prayer for all Believers, Jesus establishes that we possess the promise of future glory by the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit. And through perfect unity and unconditional love one for another, the world will see through us, Believers… that Jesus came to save.
Psalm 34:14 ” Turn from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it.”
The word peace in this verse essentially denotes a satisfied condition, a state of peacefulness, a sense of wellbeing. So why wouldn’t we want to strive for that in our lives? We are told in this Psalm to not only seek peace, but to go after it. Peace is attainable, achievable, and something that can be realized deep within.
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