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Corinthians 15:25-26
In the midst
of your trials and tribulations God is at work… While Jesus was enduring the mocking
and agony of the cross His rewards were being prepared as well… Today let us
understand that the enemy may appear to have the upper hand, but while we are
in the worst of times, God is in the best and will defeat the foe that stands
before us… Paul says He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet…
Jesus will stand the test of time (as He showed when He took the form of man),
there is nothing in or of this world that will outlast God’s love, grace and
mercy. We as believers should take courage today in knowing that Paul was right
when He said “no weapon formed against you shall prosper”… Isaiah was
dead on when he said that “He will make His enemies His footstool”…
Every obstacle you face can be overcome, every trial can serve a positive purpose
and every tribulation can promote endurance within you… Paul also wrote that
this race is not given to the swift, but to those who endure! Let us endure as
Jesus did us on the cross, let us endure as Jesus did when He was mocked, and
let us endure as Jesus did when He was spit on… A lot of us may be finding
ourselves in situations where the enemy seems to be winning, let us not become
weary in well-doing for we shall reap a harvest if we faint not… Your task
at hand is to hold to God’s unchanging hand, your objective is to maintain your
faith throughout every storm that comes your way because God will reign over
your life and provides victory through your turmoil… Paul is speaking to the
embattled believer today, He is talking to the worn out Christian that doesn’t
feel as if there is anything left in the tank to serve God and He is simply
saying hold on! Jesus held on and is sitting at the right hand of the father;
you can hold and reap bountiful blessings from the Lord! Don’t give up, don’t
give in, just believe and you will indeed achieve! Yesterday we examine Isaiah
the promise that God’s word will not come back void, but that it will
accomplish what it was set out to accomplish; today, this passage taken from
Paul’s letter to the church of Corinth reminds us of the awesome power of God
once again in that He will not be defeated and His ways will prevail.. This
verse starts off by saying that HE must
reign, there is no other God but one, there is no other savior but Jesus,
and no other way but through God’s Will. This passage reminds us that Jesus
will reign until all His enemies have been put under his feet; this means that
we, being believers in Christ and His sufferings are assured of triumph over
sin. This passage says all enemies, sickness is conquered, worry has no place,
jealousy has ended, hatred will be turned away, and most of all DEATH will be
defeated. These things have been replaced in the body of believers by love,
kindness, meekness, temperance, and longsuffering. Jesus says I am the way, and
we have a clear depiction of that, because all obstacles have been surpassed
through His ultimate sacrifice. We have the God-given ability to overcome any
obstacle now, through His bloodshed on Calvary! Paul makes it clear that the
last enemy was and is death! Jesus died so that we could live, He endured hell
so that we wouldn’t have to taste it and now He reigns desiring for all to be
with Him and to inherit Eternal Life! Death is separation from the Lord, death
is finality, but Jesus conquered the greatest evil of all and now says through
Paul that you can do the same if you hold on and keep the faith! When Paul was
coming to his last breath, he said “I have fought the good fight, I have run
the race, I have kept the faith; henceforth, now there is a crown laid up for
me…” Your crown of victory, your crown of endurance and your crown of
reigning with Jesus waits… Keep fighting the good fight and finish this race,
those running against or those who appear to have the upper hand will not beat
you to the finish line!
BE BLESSED!!!
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