06/03/2024
ADVERSITY
No matter what hardship the world may throw at you, you have-JESUS- everything you need to persevere. Despair is a deep pit, and sometimes you totter around its edges, precariously close to falling in. Your only hope at such time is to fix your eyes on HIM(Jesus). the more perplexed you are-bewildered by complex circumstances-the easier it is to lose your balance. To keep from falling, you must change your focus: form circumstances to His Presence. This requires strenuous effort on your part, because you have not fully accepted the limitations of your mind. Your natural tendency is to keep thinking about a difficult situation as nauseum-trying to figure it out. However, God is always nearby, eager to help you change your focus time after time.
Though you may be hard pressed on every side, you need not be crushed by your difficulties. You are not alone in your battles because HE(Jesus) will never, ever abandon you. Even if you are struck down by a fatal blow, you will not be destroyed.
He(Jesus) is the Shepherd and Guardian of your soul-the part of you that is indestructible. He(Jesus) will give you eternal life, and you will never perish. No one can sn**ch you out of His hand!
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
-2 Corinthians 4:8-
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
-Hebrews 12:2-
