Have You Tried Jesus?
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:17
Don’t let the celebrations and merchandise of the season obscure your heart from seeing God’s plan. It is for you that the Savior is born. He has come to light the way that you may walk in the newness of life without groping and stumbling in the dark.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
There is no life outside of Jesus Christ. It is Christ who gives meaning to life. Without Him, burdens are unbearable. God has come to carry your burdens. The Mighty God in a great counselor. Led Him bear your load. Let the Prince of Peace give you peace which surpasses all human understanding. Get into His arms that He may be your everlasting Father. Have you tried Jesus?
Read: Psalm 23
Respond to God’s Love
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
The coming of Jesus Christ to the world was an act of love towards you from God. God still stands with His arms stretched out to you today. Listen to His call, “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” Isaiah 55:1 In Christ is true living water. Those who drink of Him never thirst again.
His invitation is for you. He says, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” Matthew 11:28-30. Respond to God’s love today.
Read: Romans 10:8-11
Christ is Here for You
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Galatians 4:4-6
Christ has come that you may have life and have it more abundantly. God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. He who has the Son has life. He who has not the Son has not life. Man who is born a sinner is spiritually dead are corrupted with sin. Sin has no entry to heaven. A person cannot enter the kingdom of God without the spiritual rebirth.
Christ regenerates the heart calloused with sin by washing it with His shed blood on the cross. He gives you spiritual life when you turn to Him. This is what quickens man from being spiritually dead to being spiritually alive.
Read: 1 John 5:12
God Reveals Himself
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3
As this year comes to an end, it is needful that you establish clear and tangible facts about God.
• It is not God’s desire that any should perish. Salvation is free to all. You are invited to eternal life.
• God does not want you to live a defeated life. There is power, deliverance, and victory in Jesus.
• God desires fellowship and a deep father-son relationship with you.
• God hears when you call. He desires to show you great and mighty things which you do not know.
You will seek God and find Him when you seek Him with all your heart. For every stride you take towards God, He takes a leap in your direction. In fact, it is God who woos you to Himself as He works in your both to will and do of His good pleasure.
God loves those who love Him. Those who seek Him early find Him.
Read: Proverbs 8:17, Jeremiah 29:13
God Fulfills
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. Psalm 34:8-9
Nobody can take care of you like God. No one will fulfill your life like God. God does not leave His children destitute in this world. You may opt to feed with the pigs but that is a choice and not God’s plan for you.
God will meet your needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus. He will walk with you. He will protect and fight for you. His presence will accompany you. The Holy Spirit will counsel and commune with you. He will comfort and help you pray.
It is a privilege to be a child of God. He takes pride in His own and delights in you as He sees to it that you are fulfilled.
Read: Psalm 23:5-6
God is Enough
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge….For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power. Colossians 2:2-3, 10
You are complete in God and God is enough. God has equipped you with what you need to make it in life. He has put you in the right place and surrounded you with the right people. He has made His knowledge and wisdom abundantly available to you. You are surrounded with His presence and you have access to Him at any moment.
There is no reason for you to be envious or jealous. God has promised to meet all your needs. There is no reason for you to loiter of get lured into Satan’s camp. God is the best care taker you will ever have.
Read: Hebrews 13:5
You Are the Apple of God’s Eye
God loves you. God guards you jealously. You are God’s treasured possession. Look at His promise to you today.
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. Psalm 17: 7-9
Have you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ? If yes, then you need not fear. Step out in faith and courage knowing that God has gone ahead of you. God’s promise is sure. He will hover over you as He shows you His strong and marvelous love.
You are dear to God. He will keep and protect you like one would protect the pupil of his eye from the slightest hurt. God will hide you in the shadow of His wings. Look back and see the many ways in which He has stood for you and protected you. You are the apple of God’s eye and He will show you His wonderful loving kindness.
Read: Psalm 91:1-16
God Has Good Plans for You
God loves you. God’s desire is for you to walk with Him. Don’t follow at a distance or straddle the fence. You hurt yourself and miss what God has for you as you expose yourself to the fierce and relentless attacks of Satan. God does not withhold any good thing from those whose walk is upright. Walk with God. Get back to Him with your whole heart. Your joy, your healing, your happiness, your fulfillment, and your total satisfaction in life are in God.
Look at His Word for you today:
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. Isaiah 61:1, 3
God has good plans for your future. He has plans of peace and not for harm. They are plans to prosper and fill you with hope.
God is sovereign. He has plans to stand with you; to comfort and to set you free from the bondage of the enemy. He has plans to give you beauty instead of ashes and joy in place of mourning. God wants to plant you as an oak of righteousness for the display of His splendor.
Read: Jeremiah 29:11-12