Hold On Through Tough Times - God Won't Let You Down

one of the things that I've tried to teach you over these last 20 years is have a defiant faith a faith that says no matter what comes my way no matter how many hammy blow Satan throws at me I'm gonna stay faithful to the one who's been faithful to me I'm gonna hold on to the one who will never know never let go of me can you tell me anybody in the Bible who had an easy life so why in the world do we think that we should have an easy life friends there's gonna be times that you're gonna face an uphill battle I think about Jobe you remember Jobe jabs the one he loses his kids all his kids in one day loses his livelihood loses his money couple days later he loses his health he's out among the rocks he's taking rocks to pull off the sores off of this body and his friends come what do you say to a guy who's lost everything what would words of comfort and encouragement would you give the friends show up and they sit down next to Joe band for seven days they remain silent their presence was more than enough when you find yourself trying to help somebody through tragedy don't say anything just be there for them just pray for them it was a great gift those seven days of silence and then they decided to open their mouths and that was a shame because what they said was stupid they said listen Joe obviously you've done something to tick got off he doesn't love you he doesn't care about you this is really your fault Jobe that all these things have happened and then Jobe sweet wife comes walking over and she says yeah that's true she was such a wonderful woman job's wife and then Joe's wife said why don't you curse God and die she had the gift of encouragement and what was job's response he said naked I came in this world and they could all leave it I should be the name of the Lord I'm holding on with white-knuckle intensity and I know he won't let me down my god is faithful he's true I think about Jeremiah he's the weeping prophet nothing in his life ever made any sense and he was given a very difficult assignment he was to speak to the people about repenting of their sin because judgment was coming if they wouldn't repent and guess what no one would listen to him and they hated him and they wanted to shut him up if you're depressed today do not read The Book of Lamentations okay it's just Jeremiah whining and weeping and oh woe is me and I get it nothing in his life was any good his parents hated him as friends tried to kill him over and over and over again there's assassination attempts against this poor guy but Jeremiah's life teaches us a very important lesson doesn't it that God doesn't call us to be successful God calls us to be faithful no matter what I don't know what you're facing I don't know what you're going through I don't know what Satan's whisper in your ear but I can tell you this God is faithful and God is true and if you're in it you're not in it alone that God will be your refuge that God will be your strength that God will be your portion and let me remind you of this little truth you don't belong on this earth anyway this is not your home but we're going to a place well there's no more death there's no more sickness and there's no more suffering for the old order of things has passed away for behold our great God has made everything new again what Paul say about the things that we go through on this earth he says they're light and momentary troubles compared to the surpassing greatness of but God has set aside for us what God has prepared for those who love Him so we fix our eyes on Jesus and we hold on to him and we pray for his peace his peace that passes all understanding his peace that helps us persevere his peace that helps us get back up again and fight the good fight of the day until we see Jesus face to face Paul tells us to do this he says don't be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving present your requests to go and the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus translation stand firm stand your ground let nothing move you and allow the peace of God to transcend your mind in your heart

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Length: 5min 17sec (317 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 31 2020