FAITH CAPSULE: Jesus is the way to live life and to live it with challenges that will not overtake one.
John 10:1-18
The challenges of the world today are not enough to tag life as difficult. As a believer that knows Jesus as Lord and savoir, confessing that living life is difficult is a wrong and a negative confession. The word encourages us, “Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it spring the issues of life.”(Proverbs 4:23) Does the word speak well to the reason why confessing negative should not be in place for a believer in Christ? As a believer it is worthy to begin to see life as not difficult and it cannot be difficult; you are the one that has been living life in a difficult way. Life can be challenging, but one can always overcome the challenges of life if one chooses to go in the right way, not the way that seems right to one. There is a way to live life and to live it abundantly; there is a way to live life and to live it with challenges that will not overtake one.
That way is for one to enter life by taking the right steps in deed and in truth. In gaining entrance into a life without difficulty, one will not be a pretender and one will stay away from religion. Jesus said in “I am the door, if anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.”(John 10:9) Jesus is true to His word by stating if anyone enters by Him. There is no race requirement or color qualification. Why not try and enter through Him? Anyone with the claim of having entered through Jesus door should stop misrepresenting challenges as difficulties; ask Him to open your understanding. Also, it could be that you have allowed the thief a place in your life. Jesus warned in John 10:10, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy, I have come that they may have it more abundantly.” Does He answer your question? What He has said, He meant. He has never lied, and He will not lie. It is time to take a moment and begin to re-trace one’s steps to see if one did enter through the wrong door. Anyone that entered through the right door should prepare to overcome any challenge because He is fighting every challenging battle. Lift your eyes up unto Him today and ask Him for help. He is a compassionate God and He will have compassion on you. Remember, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” (Psalm 34:19)
Prayer for today: Ask for the word of God to have its place to reign and rule over your life.