Another Day

Romans 12:2

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed

by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the

will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.  (NASB)

     As children of the living God, we should strive to live each day according to the good and perfect will of our God in Heaven, especially if we desire true peace and lasting joy while traveling through this difficult leg of our life-journey.  We must do this because the sinful ways of this fallen world with all its contemporary thinking and worldly system of values is being dominated and directed by the Prince of Darkness, the devil.  It is a self-seeking system of pleasing the sinful flesh that only focuses on the here and now of living for the moment and denying any consequences.  And the only way to escape its grip and renew our minds and hearts is through the saving power of the God, who opens our eyes and softens our hearts so we can know the Truth and His will.  Most of us, through no fault of our own, are taught the world’s views of this life, and if the world view is all we know, then it is the world view that we are most inclined to follow—a system that slowly digs the grave of eternal darkness that separates us from the goodness and Light of God. 

     Sadly, but true, it doesn’t take long to discover that to survive in this harsh and unfair world is to harden our hearts and indulge in things that numb the pain of emptiness that comes with the fleeting pleasures of this fallen world.  Even though God created within the fiber of our beings the moral difference between right and wrong, it is impossible for us to overcome our fallen nature to rebel against God’s moral standards without His help, because all we know is our love of sin.  Even though we may want to do the right thing, our sinful desires often trumps it—choices that often lead us down a path of self-destruction and eventually eternal judgment.   The Truth my friend, is that we have all been fully acquitted of our sins by the sacrificial blood of Jesus, if you so desire.  You have a powerful Helper that empowers you to live a new and better life, one that is not only pleasing to God and those around you, but you will gain a glorious new purpose that will fill your heart with the eternal peace and joy of the Lord; the kind of peace and joy that will give you the strength and wisdom to face another day with anticipation and eternal hope.

                                              A Whisper of Hope

My will, dear child... is to gives you a hope and a future unlike anything the world can promise.  The world leaves you empty, disappointed and hungering for more.  Don’t believe the lies the world embraces, because this life is short and next one has no end.  Rise above the temporal and embrace the eternal, for in Me you will live, in the world you will die.

2 Corinthians 4:4

Satan, the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those

who don’t believe, so they are unable to see the glorious Light

of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don’t under-

stand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is

the exact likeness of God.  (NLT)

         Everyone who believes in Him is freed from 

         all guilt and declared right with God.

                                (Acts 13:39)