Sometimes life can be rather difficult and at times frustrating. The world seems to be getting darker and some people seem to be getting angrier and mean. The world has definitely changed over the years and not necessarily for the better. There has been a definite moral decline over the past several decades and it would seem that it is just going to get worse unless God intervenes.
If we look at the world and the way it is we could get a little depressed and even feel like there is no hope at all. We believers and followers of Jesus Christ know that there is hope in Jesus. There is no hope for the world apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Jesus is the only Way to the Father. There is no other name under Heaven in which a person must be saved by.
We are approaching the Easter season when we reflect on all of the events that unfolded leading up to Resurrection Sunday. We recall the events when Jesus was betrayed by one of His own and handed over to the Jewish leaders and then turned over to the Romans to be nailed to a Cross. We remember the pain that Jesus endured and we also remember that no one took His life, but He laid down His life voluntarily for you and me.
Jesus took the punishment that you and I so rightly deserve. We have all sinned and we are all deserving of being eternally separated from God and placed into a literal hell because of our sin. God showed us great mercy and outstandingly amazing grace by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the Cross in our place. Jesus died for our sins past, present, and future. We must come to faith in Jesus Christ. We need to realize that we are sinners and we can't save ourselves. Then we must receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and trust in His finished work on the Cross.
We must also remember that Jesus didn't stay on the Cross. He is no longer on the Cross. He is no longer in the borrowed tomb either. God raised Jesus Christ to life on the third day. Praise the Lord! Christ Arose! He is Risen! He is Risen indeed!
The Lord Jesus is at the right hand of the Father in Heaven and one day Jesus will return at His Second Coming and bring the Kingdom of God to the earth in full completion. We believers in Jesus Christ await His Second Coming with eager expectation. We have great hope in the Lord Jesus Christ. This is not a fantasy or pie in the sky by and by, but this is the absolute truth and we believers rejoice in the awesome assurance that we have.
When life gets hard and frustrating and it will we must keep clinging to the great hope that we have in Jesus Christ. He didn't leave us as orphans to fend for ourselves until He returns, but He has given us the Holy Spirit to indwell each one of us that have placed our faith in Him as our Lord and Savior.
The best days for the believer are directly ahead of us. We may encounter hardships and difficulty, but we must keep our eyes upon Jesus and await the day when we see Him face to face in our home in Heaven. I can't wait for that great and awesome day when I get to kneel before the feet of the One who died for me so that I could live for all eternity with Him.
Lord,
We praise Your Name.
Thank You for the hope that we have in You.
Help us to tell others about You O Lord.
Make us a witness to draw others to You.
Empower us by Your Holy Spirit to do Your will.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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