What the world needs now…..

 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭11‬, ‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The world needs what only the Holy Spirit can produce and as believers in Jesus we are the conduits  God loves us and His desire is for us to discover and feel His love.  The confusion and lostness of the world is evidence of Satan’s work.  The Holy Spirit will overcome the lies and confusion that Satan brings, but the Spirit of God is only given to those who know Jesus as Lord and Savior.  Call on Jesus and He will respond  Spend time searching your heart and calling for God to fill you with His love and the gift of His Son and the Holy Spirit and your life will be forever changed  

Jesus brings calm to the storm.

 “And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe.”

‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭29‬ ‭ESV‬‬

1 Corinthians 14: 33... For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—

In a Bible study I was in, the question was asked, "What is Satan's goal?"  Two or three people said in unison "chaos" which surprised me.  I expected to hear sin or temptation, but as we discussed this, it became clear that chaos really describes what we face every day...the confusion, the distortions, the lack of clarity, the doubts that surrounds us.

When we are confronted with life's challenges and trials, if we focus on all that is challenging us, we soon become overwhelmed.  We become so focused on our problems that we forget that Christ is beside us.  Psalm 23 1-2: The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.

Jesus Christ is the only One who can bring order and peace into this world of chaos.  Fox News, CNN, government are all contributing to the chaos because they tend to come between us and Jesus. 

The wonderful thing is that as we focus on Jesus when we are in the midst of chaos, we allow Him to be our Shepherd and the chaos of Satan is put in it's proper place...behind us.

Sin Is Lurking At Your Door

 “Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why is your face gloomy? If you do well, will your face not be cheerful? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.””

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭4:6-7‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬

God saw in Cain’s face his anger and sin lurking…before he murdered Abel. His reaction to Abel was making him aware of the sin and telling him to master it…to resist it.   God didn’t blame the rock, the club, the hands or whatever Cain used in the murder, He saw the sin that was attacking before and naming it after the act. 

I’m not against tightening laws and addressing the ease of obtains weapons, but if we want to get out in front of senseless murders, we must equip people to master (resist) the sin of murder.  That equipping begins and ends with the Word of God and a relationship with Jesus….LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.!