Do You Struggle In This World?

Do you? We all do. Whether Christian or non-Christian, Jesus said, “in this world, you will have trouble BUT take heart because I have overcome the world!” Take heart friends, He has overcome this world. For the Christ follower that is the good news! When we struggle, he is on our side and he will see us through it!

Life can be hard, and disappointing, and even devastating. That is why our hope should be in Jesus alone. Our heart and mind and strength enveloped in loving him, seeking him and listening to his voice. Our thoughts should be heaven minded, knowing this life is temporary. There will come a day when we can count on him to return for those who believe in who he is, put their faith in him, and allow him to change you into a new soul. He will give you a new heart and a desire to pursue him.

We are promised eternity with Jesus where there will be no more sadness, mourning or tears. No more evil. No more disappointment. So no matter how bad life seems, no matter how hurtful or hopeless, we have so much to look forward to. A future is promised to us, one of hope and wonder. A place has been prepared just for us because we are adopted into his family.

So at your low points, when you feel like giving up, running away, hiding under a rock, going back to bed…cling to Jesus. He is there dancing over you with joy, loving you with an everlasting love, making plans for you that are beyond what you can imagine. He is arranging moments of peace and joy and comfort in the unseen and those moments are coming. You will see his goodness in the land of the living! You will hear him when he speaks to your heart. When he shows you his love you will know he is faithful and that he sees you and every detail of your life. You can trust him.

That is how we can walk through the valleys and still feel joy. We can sit in mourning and sadness and feel comfort. We can feel like giving up but he would just ask us to rest in him. He wants to take our burdens. He isn’t going anywhere and he is faithful.

How anyone can get through this life without Him, I can’t fathom. No matter how full life on earth is for them, there will never be completeness. There will always be a longing, a searching, a desire to achieve something that is earthly when all the time they were created to be filled with Him. Nothing else will do. Nothing else will satisfy. Only Jesus can complete us. Don’t search elsewhere, it is equated to chasing the wind. Meaningless. I encourage those who don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus to turn to him. Give your life to him. He will secure your eternity. He will complete you. Don’t wait, don’t put it off. He died for you so that you can live in Him.

There is hope in Him. All glory to God.