If you believe, You can do it!~ In His Word 9-30-2024
If you do not believe, Jesus can help you believe! But
first! Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
and be saved!
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are
possible to him who believes.”
Immediately the father of the
child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” Mark
9:23-24
If you read the rest of the story above in Mark 9 you will
see the child was set free!
Jesus also said we would know the truth, and that truth
would set us free!
As He spoke these words, many believed in Him. Then Jesus
said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My
disciples indeed. And you shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:30-32
If we are His disciples then we will abide in His Word. That
means we are reading it and living out what it tells us to live like! To obey
the Word of God and walk daily thinking on it and reading it and even praying
the scriptures when needed to get right to the point of building up your faith;
then you are abiding in His word!
Think about it though, cause if you just went through life nibbling on food
once a day and didn’t eat enough to remember it you would swiftly become weak!
Your body would fail to hold you up.
Or think about this, if you lived in a house but never
cleaned it, just went in slept and went out, maybe occasionally made food, or
did laundry but left the house to cobwebs and piles of dirty dishes, laundry and
maybe even a leaky roof…your home would become a wreck.
Our lives are so much like this! We have to feed our bodies
with the Word of God, and nourish our soul with worship and prayer in order to
keep our body strong!
Sure, we can try to do the work out on our own, but when we
are among other likeminded believers sharing the Word with one another, it is
like breaking bread with one another! A Bible study group is like a pot luck of
the best foods you love to eat! You don’t always know what you will get but
when you bring something to the table that
you have been studying and your group leader does too, and other people
have been studying the same areas then God will work much good! He will bring
you direction, guidance, hope, strength and His love!
Yes, all of that! He can do it!
Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the
mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but
some doubted. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been
given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go [c]therefore and make disciples of all
the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe
all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the
end of the age.” Amen. Matthew 28:16-20
Some doubted, but we know that if we ask God will help us to
believe, He will help us to be faithful in study, and reading, and prayer and
gathering together! His Word even says not to forsake the assembling together!
“Salt is good; but if
the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? Luke 24:34
We are the salt and light, for the World to see and know
that Jesus is Lord, that He died to save them,
and that we need to live it and share in in His Word, in His love, and
in the world. We need to go and make disciples, but we cannot do that if we are
not prepared in His Word! If we do not dig in, grab hold of the Bible and
really read, study, and live it! Once we live it we will shine with a Godly
light that makes the people around us wonder what we have! (Yes that is a song
lyric)
Life is not always easy, but with God we can find the
answer, we can find strength and power in the name of Jesus!
When troubles come, we recall, and we call on the name of
Jesus who has saved us!
We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are
perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but
not destroyed— always carrying about in
the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be
manifested in our body. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10
God has a plan and people for you to share that plan with.
That plan is salvation, right living, and a relationship with God who loves,
forgives and directs our life path to unite with Him. Daily. Hourly. Moment by moment… as God draws you in through the
reading of the Word He will let you go out to share the Gospel message with others.
With your life, with your voice, with your written words, or however He gives you
personally the opportunity to share His love and life plans with others. He
will direct your path when you put your trust in Him to do so! (Proverbs 3:5-8)
Now go share it with someone else! Make disciples of all
nations! Even the one you live in!
In Jesus’ name!