As of late, I have heard of several friends and acquaintances who are battling various struggles in this life. Financial challenges, relationship issues, cancer, and the like. It seems like everywhere I turn, people are in the midst of one battle or another. Just today I found out that a friend of mine who's wife has been recently diagnosed with cancer. These are challenging days where our faith is being tested and purified by the Refiner's fire.
I look at my own challenges and when I am honest, they pale in comparison to others who are enduring life and death battles. Whether our current challenges are great or small, I was reminded today of how David ran toward the giant - Goliath (1 Samuel 17:48) as he embraced the challenge in front of him and that he confidently stated that "the battle belongs to the Lord" (1 Samuel 17:47).These words of Scripture are a great reminder for me - a sinful man who needs to be reminded that The God of the universe is on His throne and is in complete control. Nothing takes Him by surprise.
In today's audio message, Paul instructs us to focus on pressing forward toward being Christlike as together we "walk by this same rule" (Philippians 3:15-16). Great counsel as we cling to The Hope as we persevere in the midst of the struggle.
Be encouraged and be Engaged in the Truth.
Psalm 115:1
Pressing on toward His calling,
Jon
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