"Faith Wins!" -2

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God." (Psalms 42:11) Did you get that? God wins! He is eternally glorified, because He always wins! Therefore, guess what that means? It means that we win also! If the Lord is our God, and it is He that we serve, then we always win, plain and simple. Really makes a lot more sense than trying to worry about what comes next, because worry never solves anything, it just causes our health to fail and gives us ulcers, or worst. The next time that you feel down, or the next time you feel as though you have been defeated, then remember this: God always wins, and if you are His child, you will always win also! Whatever happens to you or in your life, it has happened because God allowed it, and because God can and will use it for good, whether that be your good, or the good of someone else, it really does not matter, because you become a part of something which brings glory to God; and bringing glory to God is really what it's all about. I'm sorry, but there is something missing here; something that is just a wee bit missing; oh ya, it's hope! That's right! Hope is what makes us have praise that is given in truth; we can worship God all day and night, but if there is no hope behind our worship, then who are we worshiping? Sure, we can just praise Him for those things which He has done already, but we serve a Living God, and He works in the now, and in every circumstance, or every situation of our daily living. That is what "Thirsting for God" really looks like, if you could observe it in our hearts; it's a heart that cries out for the Master, and understands how lost and destitute that it is without Him caring for our every need; for that is what He has asked us to, to cast all of our cares upon Him, for He is more than able to handle anything. Actually, I do believe that our faith is tested more often then we think; any time that God places any challenge before us that seems impossible or too difficult for us to handle, then God is waiting for our response to be one of looking to Him. It should be our natural response, that is if we are truly trusting Him with all of our life, and our hope is in Him; because we are not going to find answers or solutions to the impossible situations in this world; only God can do impossible, so hope thou in God.... "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor death, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:35-39)