I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To!

As a youngster, my Mom would say, "I don't know what this world is coming to." Referring to all the chaos in the world.  From someone stealing to murder.  It's all wrong in the eyes of the Lord.  People tend to forget there is God. And that this world didn't just magically appear.  Today, the way of the world is in disarray but that doesn't mean as Satan roams the earth looking for his next victim it needs to be you.  I write this to you to remind you, we as sinners seem to have forgotten that a man without sin died so that you who has sinned will have favor in God's eyes.  Now the Scripture tells us in Romans 14:23 that "whatever does not proceed from faith is sin." This means that whatever you have going on in your life that is not by faith is a sin.

2nd Corinthians 3:4-5 reminds us “Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.”  A person can live their life in a "worldly" good way.  Yeah you pay all your bills on time, you occasionally attend church; you treat your family with love and respect, you even volunteer yearly at a homeless shelter.  All sounds good right! Yep! All these things that you have accomplished does make you a genuine person but it doesn't say anything about you as a Christian.  Do you not only read your bible but are you studying the Words? Praying for their meaning. Are you attending church? Are you reaching out to nonbelievers telling them about Jesus Christ and all the great he has done for us Christians?

Learning to fellowship is an important part of being a Christian.  The more you are around people looking to accomplish the same as you are the less you feel like being a "good worldly person." 1 Corinthians 15:33 "Don’t let anyone deceive you. Associating with bad people will ruin decent people. Come back to the right point of view, and stop sinning. Some people don’t know anything about God. You should be ashamed of yourselves."  For you are a Child of God and building your relationship with your Father should be as natural as breathing.

People often ask, "If God loves me, why do I carry so many burdens on my shoulders?  If I pray, shouldn't HE just fix it?"  The start of their problem is they aren't living by faith.  Yeah they may "talk the talk" but their walk is stagnate.  Know that if you repent your sins, God will restore you but only on HIS time.

Today, I read a status on Facebook that said, "You do not need to go to church to get into Heaven." The people who were responding was merely agreeing with this status. Commenting that the church only wants your money and that all churches are corrupt.  My only response to this is unfortunately due to the bad publicity many churches and pastors have received people are less likely to attend.  And their belief in the church are gone.

If that's how you feel, but you know there is a God in Heaven, my advice to you is start by accepting that Jesus Christ died for your sins.  Say it out loud...God can hear you.  This is what we call Accepting Your Salvation.  Once you have that belief, invite HIM to come into your life and cleanse your mind, body and soul.  That's it!  You have taking your first steps. Put your trust in God and HE will light your path.

Needless to say, I want to be cautious with any information I provided to my Readers.  Any advice I am giving I do pray the Lord has blessed.  The goal is to exchanging spiritual insight and not empty worldly information.

Let us pray, Father, I look to you. You told me to first seek you and your kingdom and you will provided all my needs.  I give my everything; please do with it as you will.  Jesus Name, Amen!