No Fear in 2023

 

No Fear in 2023!

 

Wherever you get your news, whatever news you get, it all seems bad!

There is so much fear in the world today, people fear the future as much as they fear today.

“You will hear of wars rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must happen…and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.” Matthew 24:6-7.

 

The future is brighter than the present if you are a believer in JESUS CHRIST! “If you confess with your mouth that JESUS is LORD, and believe in heart that GOD raised Him from the dead you will be saved.” Romans 10:9.

 

There was a song when I was young, “Whatever Will Be, Will Be” (Que Sera, Sera); in the song the singer is asking their mother about their future and the mother’s response is always, “Whatever will be, will be.”

 

The reality is that how we chose to live our life will determine what will be in our life; but how other people chose to live their life will also affect what will be in our life. Since the devil is lord of the earth and sin in so prevalent in the world, our life may not be what we want (Revelation 12:9-12). We may not live a good life, even worse it may be against GOD’s Purpose for our life (Psalm 139:13-18; Romans 7:13-25).

 

To live an overcoming life free of fear for today and the future we have to live our life in CHRIST JESUS. “The devil comes only to steal, kill and destroy. I JESUS, The Son of GOD have come that those who believe in ME as LORD might have life and life in abundance!” John 10:10 (my paraphrase) .

 

How do we have this Life in abundance? By living our life in CHRIST JESUS! “I AM The True Vine and My Father is the Gardener…Abide in Me and I will abide in you…The one who abides in Me and I in them bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.” John 15:1-5.

 

JESUS prayed for us, “Father, the hour has come, Glorify Your Son, so The Son may Glorify You. Even as You have given Him authority over all flesh, so may He give Eternal Life to all those You have given Him. And this is Eternal Life, that they may know You, The Only True GOD and JESUS CHRIST, The One You sent.” John 17:1-3.

 

So what do we do with this Eternal Life? “JESUS came up to them and said, ‘All authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to Me, Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in The Name of The Father and The Son and The HOLY SPIRIT, teaching them to observe all I have commanded you. And, remember! I Am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20. (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8).

 

JESUS told us to pray for GOD’s Will to be done in the earth as it is in Heaven (Matthew 6:9-13) How do we do the work of GOD’s Kingdom in the earth as it is in Heaven? “Seek first the Kingdom of GOD and His Righteousness and all these things will be added to you. Take no thought for tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:33-34.

 

Our Call is not to worry about what is happening and what will happen; our Call is to obey CHRIST’s commands and do the Will of GOD. “Then JESUS said to those Jews who believed Him, ‘If you abide in My Word, you are My disciples indeed and you shall know the Truth, and The Truth will make you free. Therefore if The Son makes you free, you are free indeed.’” John 8:31, 32, 36.

 

So as we enter into 2023 there are wars, there are rumors of war, there are earthquakes; there are famines; just as there always have been. They will increase as the end of the age gets closer, as evil rises to power over the whole earth (the anti-christ’s reign for 7 years) so also the Faith of the True Saints (servants of GOD) will increase (Revelation 12:11).

 

Our joy and peace come from abiding in JESUS and doing the Work of GOD’s Kingdom in the earth as it is in Heaven. We must seek GOD while He can be found (Isaiah 55:6) and we must proclaim The Gospel of JESUS CHRIST to the lost (Romans 1:16-17). Then we can live without fear for we know that GOD is our Salvation (Joshua 1:8-9).

 

There is a hymn that the chorus goes, “Because He Lives I can face tomorrow, because He Lives all fear is gone, because I know He holds the future; and life is worth the living just because He Lives.” This should be our theme song, just change “He Lives” to “You Live” and worship GOD!