These last few months I have been posting excerpts from my newest book titled "We are Blessed". I have reached the conclusion of this series, as might be very fitting, as we prepare to make yet another move and transition in our lives. We have sold our house in South Carolina and will be moving back home to the cold tundra of Wisconsin the end of this month. I do not know what the future holds, but I do know who holds the future, and I am sure there will be more to write about and share as the Holy Spirit leads. Maybe there will be some messages that will come to mind as I spend more time sitting in a boat fishing. Stay tuned for the best is yet to come!
Conclusion
I started this
book out by looking at the things in this life that the world would see as
being blessed; wealth, success, good health, fame, a great job, and the list
goes on. Of course we would all want these things, and there are many people in
this world who have all these wonderful blessings, Christian and non-Christian.
And, of course I believe that God
desires for all His children to be happy in this life, but I also believe that
our happiness in life does not depend on these things. I also believe that
anyone who preaches that God wants all His children to be wealthy and healthy,
and successful is preaching a false gospel. If that were true, then you just
have to become a Christian and do this or do that; change your way of thinking;
say and act a certain way, and you will be blessed! That is a lie of Satan. It
does not say that anywhere in God’s Word. In fact, it does tell us what God’s will
truly is;
Romans 12:2 – “Do
not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of
your mind. Then you will be
able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
1 Thessalonians 4:3 – “It
is God’s will that you
should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;”
1 Peter 2:15 – “For
it is God’s will that
by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.”
2
Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some
understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone
to perish, but everyone to
come to repentance.”
If
I may, let me put that all in one sentence; It is God’s will for everyone to
not be conformed to the pattern of this world and it’s thinking, but to come to
repentance and do good and to be sanctified, because He does not want anyone to
perish!”
The only way to fulfill God’s will for your
life is to be “born again” and receive all the blessings that are beyond this
world, and have your name written down in the Lamb’s book of Life. Nothing in
this world is worth more than this.
Be Blessed!
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