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JESUS IS COMING SOON! MARANATHA LORD!
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Psalm 138:8
"The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands."
It can be so discouraging to look at our own weaknesses, our own sinful tendencies, the way we always manage to fall short, to miss the mark. As the same temptations, the same failures, rise to the surface time and time again, it can begin to seem hopeless; as if we will NEVER cease to struggle with these things. If all we look at is our own strength, our own ability to strive after righteousness, we will soon be discouraged and depressed, because in our own strength we can do NOTHING good.
However, when we take our eyes off of ourselves, and look into God's word, we find that it is He who will work out the perfection of that which concerns us. It is He who promises to complete the work He began in us. He promises that one day it WILL be complete, that He will be faithful to complete and perfect us in His timing, and according to His perfect will. We are the work of His hands, and He will not quit before He has perfected that work.
Not only that, but He also assures us that His mercy is enduring, eternal. He does not look at our failures and grow impatient, His mercy continues to endure and extend forgiveness to us no matter how many times we must ask forgiveness for the same thing. While we may be discouraged, to the point of being sick of ourselves, He loves us and delights in us as dear children, and always extends His mercy and grace. He promises that He will never leave us or forsake us... that He will continue His work in us until it is perfect and complete.
What an awesome thing it will be to not only be free from the outward trials and tribulations of this world, but free of the inward battle of the new nature against the old nature, because it is my own sin that bothers me, far more than the sin of others. My heart's desire is to glorify God every moment, with every breath... but the reality is that I DON'T, and that is discouraging. That fact causes me to look forward to His return even more than the outward trials of this world do. I want the very ability to sin to be removed from me, so that I NEVER again have to know that I have brought dishonor to my Lord. So I am eager for that day, the day when not only will we be free of the power of sin and the penalty of sin, but will be free of the very presence of sin. That day when I will no longer even have to deal with my fallen sinful nature, that day when I will be perfected in Him, and will truly glorify Him with my whole being. When I will be able to worship Him with absolutely every part of me, nothing held back, nothing reserved, and no end to the worship. That day will truly be glorious.
Come quickly Lord!
Philippians 1:6
"being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;"
Hebrews 13:5b
"For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” "
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