"Because of the increase of wickedness the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved." (Mt 24:12-13)
Imagine a world in which the headlines each day are filled with violence, terror, disasters and chaos. One day after the next, 24/7. It's not hard to imagine because it is the world in which we live. Jesus gave us no grand illusions the world would become a better place before his coming. In fact he told us the opposite. The world will go from bad to worse. Because of this, many are going to lose heart. It will seem that evil has won. The same thing happened at the cross. It seemed as if all was lost. But in fact it was the opposite. Darkness was being defeated and salvation was coming into the world. It will be the same in the last days. In the midst of all the chaos, a great harvest will come from the ends of the earth--from every nation, tribe, people and language. Christ is going to win! Just as he defeated Satan at the cross, his church, his body is going to defeat Satan's army all over the world. And they are going to do it with love. Just as Jesus offerred forgiveness from the cross, his global body is going to hold out to the world the love and grace of God in the midst of persecution, opposition, and ridicule. We will never stop loving and as a result we will never stop winning, because in the end God's love conquers all. God has chosen the final generation for this very purpose. As the darkness increases, so will the light. We will overcome, because Christ has overcome. We will defeat the darkness because that is the very nature of the light we carry. We will win simply by enduring.
Heavenly Father, may your love radiate through us into every encounter, every conversation, and every initiative your Spirit leads us to pursue.
#overcomers
Imagine a world in which the headlines each day are filled with violence, terror, disasters and chaos. One day after the next, 24/7. It's not hard to imagine because it is the world in which we live. Jesus gave us no grand illusions the world would become a better place before his coming. In fact he told us the opposite. The world will go from bad to worse. Because of this, many are going to lose heart. It will seem that evil has won. The same thing happened at the cross. It seemed as if all was lost. But in fact it was the opposite. Darkness was being defeated and salvation was coming into the world. It will be the same in the last days. In the midst of all the chaos, a great harvest will come from the ends of the earth--from every nation, tribe, people and language. Christ is going to win! Just as he defeated Satan at the cross, his church, his body is going to defeat Satan's army all over the world. And they are going to do it with love. Just as Jesus offerred forgiveness from the cross, his global body is going to hold out to the world the love and grace of God in the midst of persecution, opposition, and ridicule. We will never stop loving and as a result we will never stop winning, because in the end God's love conquers all. God has chosen the final generation for this very purpose. As the darkness increases, so will the light. We will overcome, because Christ has overcome. We will defeat the darkness because that is the very nature of the light we carry. We will win simply by enduring.
Heavenly Father, may your love radiate through us into every encounter, every conversation, and every initiative your Spirit leads us to pursue.
#overcomers