Psalm 63:3 - "Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you."
John 16:33 - "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
God’s steadfast love is better than life! Sometimes that doesn’t seem like that would be too hard to achieve, especially during this time of the year. Often times the holidays are stressful and lonely and may only remind us of things we don’t have or maybe people we have lost.
My friend, God’s love transcends all of these things! It transcends the sin that makes this life seemingly unbearable at times. It transcends the sin that makes us think that we are too far gone for God to save. All of the false comfort and hope that this life offers in material wealth and security can never measure up to the hope that we ALL have in Christ Jesus.
Christ has suffered through all the things you will ever go through and he has overcome it all. He willingly gave his life out of his love for you, and suffered death for all sin and any tribulations caused by it. This wasn’t any normal death. It was separation from God. When Christ was on the cross he was completely alone, even the Father turned his back to him at that point. This is the unfathomable love of God, that he would suffer all of this for you so that you may have peace.
Through all of your struggles you can have peace, knowing that Christ has already paid your way into heaven, and he still walks with you every step of the way. Now it is our job to share this news and this love with others. May God bless your day!
Hebrews 2:1 - "We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away."
-Julian LaMie, CYM Leader, Team Rejoice
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