Exhortation: Still need saving?
People who experience a life change with Jesus often declare, "I am saved." The excitement and expectancy is all over their faces. Over the years, though they are still saved, some of the thrill is gone.
Where is your excitement today? Have you gotten weary in well-doing. Is your happy gone and your down is now your norm? Honey, don’t trip. We have all been there. There is absolutely nothing going on that God hasn’t seen in you, me, and the rest of the believers of the world. The same ‘I am saved’ is the same ‘saved’ that will turn your frown to a smile.
Allow me to share some encouragement. God made a phenomenal promise in Zechariah 8. He is talking about saving Zion, which is conveyed toward us. Believers are Zion. He mentions the city of Jerusalem, which is primarily regarded to being wherever he is. If you really need saving today, I send these words to encourage you.
Zechariah 8 (The Message)
And then these Messages from
God-of-the-Angel-Armies: A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: "I am zealous
for Zion—I care! I'm angry about Zion—I'm involved!" God's Message: 3"I've come
back to Zion, I've moved back to Jerusalem.Jerusalem's new names will be Truth
City, and Mountain of God-of-the-Angel-Armies, and Mount Holiness." I've come
back to Zion, I've moved back to Jerusalem. Jerusalem's new names will be Truth
City, and Mountain of God-of-the-Angel-Armies, and Mount Holiness."
"Old
men and old women will come back to Jerusalem, sit on benches on the streets and
spin tales, move around safely with their canes—a good city to grow old in. And
boys and girls will fill the public parks, laughing and playing—a good city to
grow up in."
"Do the problems of returning and rebuilding by just a few
survivors seem too much? But is anything too much for me? Not if I have my say."
A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: "I'll collect my people from countries
to the east and countries to the west. I'll bring them back and move them into
Jerusalem. They'll be my people and I'll be their God. I'll stick with them and
do right by them."
"Get a grip on things. Hold tight, you who are
listening to what I say through the preaching of the prophets. The Temple of
God-of-the-Angel-Armies has been reestablished. The Temple is being rebuilt.
We've come through a hard time: You worked for a pittance and were lucky to get
that; the streets were dangerous; you could never let down your guard; I had
turned the world into an armed camp.
"But things have changed. I'm taking the side of my core of surviving people: Sowing and harvesting will resume, Vines will grow grapes, Gardens will flourish, Dew and rain will make everything green. "My core survivors will get everything they need—and more. You've gotten a reputation as a bad-news people, you people of Judah and Israel, but I'm coming to save you. From now on, you're the good-news people. Don't be afraid. Keep a firm grip on what I'm doing."
No matter the climb or struggle within, trust God with every heavy situation and circumstance. He is still the God of catching cares. His glove is never frayed or broken.
Stay encouraged in the heavy– and move Forward
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I know what it feels like to feel jacked up spiritually. But the best way to fix a flat, is with the God 'jack' of the word. Amen! I hope this encouragement fixes your flat.
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