Staying the Course: Bridging the Gap between Heaven and Earth

After we've overcome most or all of the emotional pain that troubled us and our lives have moved forward, we must stay the course with God (prepare by reading and meditating on God's word, make time for God through daily prayer, practice being obedient and praise God).  It is so important now more than ever that we continue meditating on His word day and night and using it as an application to manage our lives.  It's when we draw ourselves closer to God that it sometimes seems everything can go haywire, simply because you're a child of the Most High trying to do what is right. 

Although God promised us blessings, it doesn't mean that life can and won't happen to us or we won't be tested to build character.  God will never tempts us, because He himself can never be tempted and is not of evil.  However, He can test us in order to strengthen areas in our lives that need more growth.  As the book of Hebrews says, "our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.  No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful.  Later on however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it."   So, we must prepare ourselves to stand like strong trees, not withering, nor swaying when the troubled situations blow our way.  We must prove ourselves to God so that He can use us to do His work.  We are born for God's purpose, not ours.  The bible says, "...your eyes saw my unformed body.  All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."   So, God cared for us and had a plan for us before we came to be.  However, many of us interrupt this plan of action by focusing on what makes us happy.  We think about goals and dreams that fulfill the self instead of God.  But it's not about us, it's about Him.  It's through Christ that we find ourselves and what God has determined for us: our purpose.  If each one of us worked on ourselves individually with God and Jesus Christ truly being the center focus, than we can act as a unified, collective body in more harmony to improve the conditions of our world while training our children for their future generation.  The bible also says, "in him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of the Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will, in order that we, who were first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of His glory.  And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.  Having believed, your were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession- to the praise of glory."

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