I found this devotion this morning and it is so true of my life. How about yours?
Dear Christians, Our Race is Getting Faster and Harder - Jeremiah 12:5-6 (Bible Love Notes)
Jeremiah complained (Jeremiah 12:1-4).
When he faithfully shared God’s truth, he was persecuted and despised, even by family members.
Have you felt Jeremiah's pain?
People once tolerated immorality; now they applaud it (Romans 1:32). They once tolerated Christian values; now they mock them.
If you lovingly share the Bible’s teaching on homosexuality, fornication, or abortion, you’ll feel Jeremiah’s pain.
If you discuss Biblical accuracy or Christian responsibility with some in the family of God, you feel Jeremiah’s pain (12:6).
How did God answer Jeremiah’s complaints?
“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses?” (12:5)
God understood Jeremiah’s pain, but the race was getting faster and God wanted Jeremiah to pick up the pace and keep running.
Dear friends, this message applies to us as well.
The race is getting faster and harder, but God's Word will give us speed and endurance.
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Thank God that he gives us what we need to finish the race is ever before us. And when we get to the finish line, we can say with the apostle Paul,
When he faithfully shared God’s truth, he was persecuted and despised, even by family members.
Have you felt Jeremiah's pain?
People once tolerated immorality; now they applaud it (Romans 1:32). They once tolerated Christian values; now they mock them.
If you lovingly share the Bible’s teaching on homosexuality, fornication, or abortion, you’ll feel Jeremiah’s pain.
If you discuss Biblical accuracy or Christian responsibility with some in the family of God, you feel Jeremiah’s pain (12:6).
How did God answer Jeremiah’s complaints?
“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses?” (12:5)
God understood Jeremiah’s pain, but the race was getting faster and God wanted Jeremiah to pick up the pace and keep running.
Dear friends, this message applies to us as well.
The race is getting faster and harder, but God's Word will give us speed and endurance.
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Thank God that he gives us what we need to finish the race is ever before us. And when we get to the finish line, we can say with the apostle Paul,
" I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." 2 Timothy 4:7-8
Thanks for coming by today, Friends. God bless you!
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