Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord, I do not change...
I just want to encourage us with those words this morning. Jesus hasn't changed one bit and neither has God the Father or God the Holy Spirit.
Jesus has redeemed us out of the kingdom of darkness and we've been put in God's Kingdom. God still forgives us and calls us holy and righteous in Jesus. Jesus is still our Redeemer, Healer, Provider, Protector, Counsellor, our Prince of Peace....I could go on.
Glory to His wonderful name! Jesus is still wonderful and always will be.
The things of this world are changing on a daily basis but that doesn't need to disturb us in light of Jesus always being the same and God being for us.
Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on things on the earth.
What is your mind 'set' on today? Jesus told us to 'let not your heart be troubled'. If we repeatedly look at the 'things' going on at the moment on earth we will be troubled and sucked into the doom and gloom.
I believe the Scriptures are Holy Spirit breathed and inspired, don't you? So the command the Holy Spirit gave to the early Christians He gives to us today...Set your minds on things above. He is calling us up higher in our thought life.
Hebrews 3:6 But Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God's entire house. And we are Gods's house if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.
Ephesians tells us we are chosen and called from before the foundation of the world. Jesus wants us to put all our confidence in Him, not in anything else. He calls us to be salt and light in our troubled world. He calls us to bring His message of hope to people who have no hope. He hasn't called us to join in the hopelessness. God is still on the throne and He wants us to focus on Him and His Kingdom which is unshakeable. We are 'in' the world, not 'of' the world. Our citizenship is in Heaven. We are just here for a short time but our real home is Heaven. Sometimes we forget that.
Hebrews 13:14 For this world is not our permanent home, we are looking forward to a home yet to come.
Regardless of what each day brings we can keep looking to God our Father, knowing He hears our prayers for our family, friends and the world situations that keep coming up. He has the answer to every situation and every problem. But He has commanded us nevertheless to set our minds on things above. It is not a suggestion, it is a command from the Lord of Heaven.
God hasn't changed and never will and He is for us. Jesus is still our Wonderful Deliverer. What more could we possibly want?😊
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