Justify God’s Investment In You.

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all” Psalm 34:19. 

When Parent sends a child to a higher institution, they make a great investment on the child. They obviously hope their child will apply his or herself to the rigours of training. They don’t hope the child graduates with good grades, comes home, hangs the certificate on the wall, then sits around the house watching television? No! The parent hopes the child will make his investment pay off by starting a good career. Likewise, when your country makes certain levels of investment in your schooling. Perhaps such gestures are considered an investment, your nation and government want a certain amount of your time and your sincere commitment in return, in order to justify the investment.

So it is with the Lord and his dealings with us. Everything you go through as a Christian is a training exercise, God has expectations towards you. He did not save you so that you could cruise into paradise on a luxury liner; He saved you to prepare you to be of use in His kingdom. The moment you were born again, He enrolled you in His school of suffering. And every affliction, every trial, is another lesson in the curriculum. Some Christians are in kindergarten. Their afflictions are not difficult to understand and their tests are much easier to endure. Others are in grade school, and they quickly learn that their tests have become a little tougher to face and harder to understand.

Others are in higher institutions, their afflictions are much more severe and more difficult to figure out. Still others are in postgraduate school, with years of hard afflictions behind them and many difficult tests looming before them. Their afflictions are the toughest of their lives, and they realise they need the strength of the Holy Ghost to deal with them all. My point is, God wants veterans of spiritual warfare — people who have been through many afflictions — to prove His faithfulness to the next generation. And every affliction we endure is an investment He is making in us as His veterans. We must not quit and throw in the towel, we must justify God’s investment in us by staying true to the truth. Selah!

FURTHER READING: 

“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” 2 Tim. 3:12.

“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.” Pro. 24:16.

DECLARATION: 

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for another day and the privilege of being alive. I thank you for your visitation. You have opened to me your good treasure, the heavens to give the rain to my land in its season and to bless all the work of my hand. I lend to many nations but I will not borrow. The Lord makes me the head and not the tail, above and not beneath. God blesses me and surrounds me with favour as a shield. The God of hope fills me with all joy and peace in Jesus name. Amen. 

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:

Nahum 3:1-19. Habak. 1:1-17. Habak. 2:1-20. Habak. 3:1-19.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY:

“Faith Consists In Believing When It Is Beyond The Power Of Reason To Believe.”

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