There are some days I wake up and wonder how this life of love I have received through Christ is even possible; yes there are days where I doubt He can hear me, or I wonder if I have simply gone crazy, but then a simple message of love, grace, and forgiveness drifts across my soul. He is there, He is real, and the love He offers is out of this world! God, who is faithful and just, whispers hope and life back into my earthly mind, a mind Satan longs to have control over. Through His redemption He offers confidence in Him, in His word, in His promises, and in the life to come for those who believe.
The gift we have been given seems too good to be true, the plans He has for us that are yet to unfurl seem like they may be just out of reach, and the promise of salvation may appear to far off to even comprehend. And yet somehow, some way, He manages to instill in me a faith that would believe nothing other than these truths. Satan is continually at work to shake this confidence that can only be achieved through Christ, and yes somedays he finds a crack in the exterior, but it is nothing that our Lord cannot overcome. He has promised us life, a future full of hope, and I know full well that this is what each of those who believe in Him shall receive.
Verse:
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of Him.
~ 1 John 5:13-15
We can also be confident in our prayers; He is there for us, He longs to hear our praises, our cries, our pleas, and our frustrations. He knows the plans He has for us, but He also knows that we are not fully aware of those plans yet, and that we may not understand where He is leading us. He wants us to communicate our feelings, to be confident in who He is and what He has planned for our lives. Anything we ask according to His will has been or will be granted to us in His name!
We have so much to be thankful for and believe in, yet doubt still seems to find a way in sometimes. I urge you to cling to the truth, to His word, and to the promises He has guaranteed for those who love and believe in Him. Be bold in your faith, love like He has taught us, and have confidence through Him in all that you do and all He has planned!
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