"The Prosperous One" -2

"And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things." (Psalms 45:4) As many of you have most likely found out by now, living a life for Jesus is not all about all happiness and feeling comfortable; it's hard at times, and there are moments when life just hurts. I share again Ray comforts lighter side version of the parachute, as those that know the plane is going to crash will wear their's no matter how uncomfortable and silly it might appear; while those that are seeking comfort and happiness for the ride will surely take it off, especially after having others put them down for wearing it. Jesus never promised that it would be easy; He said that His yoke was easy, not that this life would be easy; this life is really hard, which is the main reason that we must not love it, but love Him. Those that love this life, hold onto the things of the world; those that hold onto the things of the world, tend to let go of Jesus, because you can't hold onto both. When it comes to "terrible things", we can say without a doubt that there are things which make us dependent upon the Lord, and there are things that cause us to take our eyes off of the Lord; the terrible things tend to make us put our eyes on Jesus, terrible being those things that cause fear in our hearts and make us realize just how fragile life really is. With that, I would like to picture my King upon His white horse, saying, "and in Thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness"; while at the same time, realizing how powerful He is, and how there is nothing in this world that can even come close to defeating Him. This is my King, my God, and my Lord that loves me; so where is there any fear in that? There is not and fear in that, which is precisely why His yoke is easy and His burden is light... "And why call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to Me, and heareth My sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it; for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great." (Luke 6:46-49)