"The Grace of Believing"

 "I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not." (Jude 5 KJV)

  "The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn't believe his promise to care for them. Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the LORD." (PSALM 106:24-25 NLT)

 Here is the thing that makes a little more sense, however, it will also make us wonder. God's grace is all sufficient and is given to those who believe in His promise! This grace, as most people should know, is actually something that we do not deserve; it is a gift from GOD! 

 On the other hand, mercy, which is Him not giving us what we do deserve, is something that is altogether different; something that is, shall we say, the goal of our award into heaven! How else can we explain it! This life affords us no mercy; good people are suffering and dying every day; saints that have believed and done all that they could to be godly, are dealing with cancer and waiting to die. 

 What I am really trying to say, is that what is important for those of us that believe in His promise, is that we also must be willing to except any threat or hardship that is placed upon us, here on this earth. Not that God can't or won't get us through certain issues; because I absolutely know that He can and he does! 

 God's main goal for each and every one of His children, is that we will all be with Him, regardless of the stupid mistakes we might make, He knows your heart and is never going to let go of you! That is His promise, and that is what we must keep believing: No Ifs, Ands, or Buts...

"The people surrounded him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Massiah, tell us plainly?" Jesus replied, "I have already told you, and you don't believe me. The proof is the work I do in my Father's name. But you don't believe me because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father's hand. The Father and I are one." Once again the people picked up stones to kill him." (John 10:24-31 NLT)