....MERCIFUL, KIND, FAITHFUL, JUST~PASTOR JOHN COLLINS
“Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, ‘Good Teacher, what
shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ So, Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call Me
good? No one is good but One, that is, God’” Luke 18:18-19 (NKJV).
God is not only good, but great! God is just fabulous. God
is faithful and true, merciful and kind, righteous and just and He loves you.
God does want the best for you but He also wants you to learn to want what is
best for you and that is not by your standards or the standards of the world
but by His standards.
God does know what you need and I am not talking about
material things. God knows what you need to assure that your soul is saved. It
takes more than just a casual ‘belief’ that Jesus died on the Cross for you in
order for you to obtain salvation and entry into heaven. It takes a true faith
in Jesus and that faith will produce a belief in His sacrifice that is so strong that it will lead you into obedience to His will.
God will test you and you will go through tough times that
will challenge your faith and belief. You will be put in situations that will
give you different opportunities and the choices that you make are what adds up
to a lifetime of testimony and what will ultimately be the fight of your life.
Free will demands that you choose the paths of your life and each day will
present itself with different choices. Are you loyal to God? Are you
considering God when you make your choices and are you taking your salvation
into consideration as you live your life?
Some people may think that God is absent from their lives,
or that God has let them down. God is there and God is watching, waiting, and
giving you the freedom to choose Him or not. God knows that the hardest lessons
in life are the ones that we learn the best. Do your best to limit your
frustrations in life by taking a moment to remember that life is short and what
we do here matters. Remember that most of what seems overwhelming today may be
forgotten a year from now. Trust that in the good times and in the bad times,
God is there and has your best interests at heart. God wants you to learn to do
what is right but more importantly, God wants you to want to do what is right.
God is amazing and is so beautiful and strong and capable.
You can trust God and you can rely on God and know that He won’t let you down
even if you may be struggling to deal with tough times in your life there is
hope because God loves you. God knows what is right and good and will not let
you down. Trust in Him, obey Him and believe in His Son and salvation is yours.
“The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26” (NKJV).
