“Think about Jesus’
example. He held on while wicked people were doing evil things to Him. So do
not get tired and stop trying.”
Do you ever face hard time and get discouraged when your
friends hurt your feelings? Do you ever
get tired and ready to stop trying? Do you ever say this: “Oh, what the use of
doing this for the Lord?” What should you do? The Scripture encourages us to “think
about all he (Jesus) endured when sinful people did such terrible things to him
(Jesus), so that you don’t become weary and give up” (NLT).
It is easy to lose sight of the big picture of what God is
doing. So the Lord is speaking to us: “My thoughts are not like your thoughts.
Your ways are not like My ways. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.
The same thing is true of the words I speak. They will not return to Me empty.
They make the things happen that I want to happen, and they succeed in doing
what I send them to do. So you will go out with joy and be led out in peace”
(ncv, Isaiah 55:8, 9, 11, 12a).
So here are the words of encouragement: “So HOLD ON through
your sufferings, because they are like a father’s discipline. God is treating
you as children and LET US HOLD ON to the faith that we have” (ncv: Heb. 12:7a;
4:14c).
Song: His Name is
Higher
His Name is higher than any others.
His Name is Jesus. His Name is Lord.
His Name is higher than any others.
His Name is Jesus. His Name is Lord.
His Name is Wonderful. His Name is Counselor.
His Name is prince of Peace, the mighty God.
His Name is higher than any others.
His Name is Jesus. His Name is Lord.
(Collection of songs, author unknown)
So let us hold on to Him and never stop trusting Him!
Dorothy
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