“Be Strong and Courageous”

 “Be Strong and Courageous”

 

Love the LORD, all you godly ones!  For the LORD protects those who are loyal to Him, but He harshly punishes the arrogant.  So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD!  Psalm 31: 23-24

 

We all face difficult situations from one time or another. But King David, knew the God, he placed his HOPE and TRUST in.  David knew of God’s AWESOME POWER, and he put his HOPE and TRUST in the ALMIGHTY GOD to RESCUE HIM.  And he realized that his LIFE was in GOD’S MIGHTY HANDS.  And being certain of his RESCUE, David was ABLE to put his HOPE and TRUST in God, because of the NATURE of God.

Verse nineteen is an indication of God’s LOVING NATURE.  “How GREAT is the GOODNESS you have stored up for those who fear you.”  Because David experienced GOD’S UNFAILING LOVE, he could put his HOPE and TRUST in Him.

So, David exhorts all the FELLOW WORSHIPERS, to include, the TRUE BELIEVERS, those of TODAY who have GIVEN their HEART and LIFE to JESUS CHRIST, who, because of God’s LOVE, SHED His OWN BLOOD to REDEEM MANKIND. Therefore, we NEED to be STRONG and COURAGEOUS, because the LORD GOD PROTECTS those who are LOYAL to HIM. And this is made POSSIBLE, ONLY through the SHED BLOOD of GOD’S ONLY SON, JESUS!

This does NOT mean that we will be COMPLETELY FREE of DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, but we can DEPEND on the ONLY ONE, who can get us THROUGH and can bring us PEACE and CALM in the MIDST of the STORMS we will face in this LIFE. 

Therefore, we can be STRONG and COURAGEOUS by placing our HOPE and TRUST in the LORD JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and was RESURRECTED from the GRAVE.  The ONE who is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. The ONLY WAY to EXPERIENCE GOD’S UNFAILING LOVE, and to be ABLE to spend your ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS and to ESCAPE HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.

In order to have a BETTER LIFE, you MUST COME to GOD, by way of the CROSS of CHRIST. And  you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for YOU, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask HIM for His FORGIVENESS.  YOU MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. 

You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and be STRONG and COURAGEOUS in your FAITH.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!