Be Prepared for the Path Ahead - Barbara Henderson - http://tobarbara.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-sure-and-safe-eternal-future-is.html
How do you prepare for the path ahead? I mean it looks like the world is going through a paradigm shift in right and wrong. God has been thrown out as the standard by which good and evil are judged. Judges are openly proclaiming evil good and good evil. Money for which people work very hard is stolen from the through taxes and passed out freely to lazy illiterates and illegals. And the very brutal truth is that no one actually knows how to prepare for the future. How can we prepare for a future that has no precedence? The future is more of an unknown that ever. Except for one thing that is. With the exception of those who leave this earth in the 'rapture of the church' we are all going to die! (What is the rapture and when will it happen?' http://tobarbara.blogspot.com/2011/05/rapture-what-is-it-and-when-will-it.html )
That you will die is not an unknown. We don't know the exact day or hour or even year. But, it is going to happen. Now is the time to prepare for this event! And no, you don't prepare by getting a pre-paid funeral, although that isn't a bad idea. You prepare by accepting the invitation of Jesus Christ to go to heaven at His expense. To put it bluntly if you don't prepare to go to heaven you are going to hell. No one in heaven is going to wish they had gone to hell. Those in hell will all be looking for an escape, but there will be no escape. Hell is eternal.
Have you prepared for the one event that is surely coming to you? Have you put your trust in Jesus Christ? Do you know you are saved? (Are Christians right when they say I need to get saved? http://tobarbara.blogspot.com/2011/05/are-christians-right-when-they-say-i.html )
Once you have been saved the time to lay up treasures in heaven begins. You have a very real future in heaven. In heaven there is no corruption and no thieves. (Many people in heaven were former thieves, but through repentance they were cleansed from all unrighteousness.) What you store in heaven stays in heaven. You do this through obedience to God, striving to conform to the image of Christ, by loving others the way Christ loved you, studying the Bible, learning the teachings of the God through the Bible, gaining patience, and generally applying sound Bible teachings to personal actions. You do this daily and consistently.
Trust the Lord. As you do what the Lord says to do you trust Him to take care of the rest. There have been instances where the Lord has provided food out of thin air for His children. But trusting the Lord does not take away responsibility to do the best you can with the resources given to you. Payday means pay the bills, buy food, give to God, and buy the things you need. It does not mean spend it all on fun things and trust God to provide more money to pay your bills. It means trust the Lord to begin with; do everything you are capable of doing; and trust God to manage the results of your labor. In other words, be action based instead of outcome based. Truthfully, we can often see the likely result of our labor, but we can't know the exact outcome. Often harder work provides better results. Today in the labor market the opposite is true. Buying power is less. More money does not go farther than it did even a few years ago. Inflation is eating up the fruit of our labor. We have no control over this. Just do the best you can and trust God. Because the government has become a den of thieves does not give Christians the right to stop providing for our own families and paying our taxes. Like many of you I wish Jesus had left out the part of the gospel that says, 'render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and unto God that which is God's.' God is always right, so be obedient to do what He says to do.
A change in leadership in a nation is not going to change a lot. It may help in some instances, but national leadership is not where the real change needs to be. The real change needs to be in Christians trusting God and crying out to Him for mercy. Many people and so-called preachers of the gospel are preaching social injustice and social change instead of preaching Jesus Christ. The outcome of such heresy from the pulpit is that the lost do not hear the plan of salvation. We often hear people and preachers saying what Jesus would do in certain situations. They need to give a Biblical example to back up their blather. Jesus did feed thousands, but He did it without government assistance. He didn't ask for government intervention when He threw the money changers out of the temple. Jesus had no opinion as far as rich or poor being better. The rich young ruler loved his riches more than he wanted to follow Jesus. That was the sin that cost him salvation. He was 'rich in spirit' meaning he was proud and comfortable. Poor people can also be rich in spirit. Jesus loved sinners of all sorts enough to tell the truth. Repent and turn from your sin or you will go to hell.
Be brave. Be strong and of good courage.
'And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.' 1 Chronicles 28:20
The world does not like Christians. The world hates the truth. The world hates God. The world hates Jesus. As God is love, the world system is hate. Governments gobble power and control like chickens gobble up worms. Christians are standing in their way. Never the less, it is the duty of the Christian who actually cares about the lost to tell the truth.
'He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.' Proverbs 12:17.
When I think about the current political and social situation in the United States it breaks my heart. The thought that comes to mind is that where there is no love of God there is no nation worth saving. However, the USA and the entire world are full of people who need salvation. Every soul saved has a citizenship in heaven. Heaven is the nation in which we will spend eternity, and heaven is in no need of salvation. Everyone there is safe in the hand of God. Heaven is already perfect. Love you country, but love heaven more. Heaven is your eternal home.
If you were out to win a popularity contest you would lose if your talent was talking about Jesus Christ and His plan of salvation. But, you would wise. Proverbs 11:30 says, 'The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.'
Truly, our actions may make an earthly nation a better place to live. But we cannot save a nation from sin. We can point the way to Jesus Christ. We can pray for souls to be saved so the population of heaven will be larger. The Bible says we can't understand the things that God has prepared for them that love Him. But it is a place that has room for more people. Do something good for the wonderful place you are going when you die. Tell the lost how to meet you in heaven. (Meet Me There - hymn - with lyrics - wonderful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaWv4gLqyeg )
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