There are a whole bunch of folks that think that God is mad at them. And then there are others that think that God doesn’t want them to have any fun or pleasure in life!!!
But that just isn’t so. God isn’t like that at all!
The fellow that they are describing is none other than the devil himself. It is the devil who wants everyone to be miserable and defeated and depressed!!!
Do you see in that scripture where Jesus tells us
that HE came to give us life? What good
would a sorry miserable life be to anyone?
That is NOT the kind of life that God wants us to have.
God loves ALL of us!!! Saved or unsaved, HE LOVES US!!! And HE wants good things for us!!!
Jeremiah 29:11 (CEB) I know the plans I have in mind
for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for
peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 (CEV) I will bless you with a future filled with hope—a future of success, not of suffering.
GOD wants us to have wonderful lives full of LOVE and JOY and PEACE!!!
John 14:27 (NCV) “I leave you peace; my peace I give you. I do
not give it to you as the world does. So don’t let your hearts be troubled or
afraid.
Psalm 16:11
(NKJV) You will show me the path of life; In Your
presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures
forevermore.
Romans 15:13 (NCV) I pray that the God who gives hope
will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then your hope
will overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit.
And if you have any doubt that God loves you, then
you must NOT know that Christ died, so that we might live eternally.
John 3:16 (NCV) God loved the world so much that he gave his
one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have
eternal life.
You know, a lot of folks want to blame God for all the bad things that have
happened in their lives. They want to
blame HIM for the way their lives have turned out!!!
But if they were honest and they admitted the truth, they would admit that they
made bad decisions and that when God tried to steer them in the right
direction, they refused to allow HIM to lead them.
Let’s be honest!!! MOST OF US ARE
HARD-HEADED!!! And it gets us into
trouble! It causes us to make mistakes
and do the wrong things.
God wants to help us. HE really
does!!! HE tells us so in HIS
WORD.
Proverbs
3:5-6 (NKJV)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct[a] your paths.
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct[a] your paths.
Do you see the tiny [a] next to the word direct. Well, the footnotes in this particular Bible say that when God promises to direct our paths, that means HE will make our paths smooth or straight.
I just love that! That means at when I allow God to lead me, and I listen to HIM, then HE will make my life easier and the way that I go will be smooth and straight!!!
You know, I can tell you that this is so true. There have been many times in my life when I did NOT listen to God, because I too can be hard headed. And in those times, my path was bumpy and rough and NOT easy to travel.
But on the days that I listen to HIM, and say how should I do this LORD? Please lead me LORD.
HE DOES!!!!!!!! My day goes smoothly and things just fall into place! And everything is SO RIGHT and OHHHH SOOOOOOO EASY!!!
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