Daily Devotions
August 23rd, 2021 by Pastor SolleyCol 3:1-4 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
KJV
This world has many problems that the Christian must face and deal with on a daily basis and it seems today that those problems have increased tenfold. How do we deal with this virus and the government control it has brought in? What of the move to socialism that even many Christians seem to welcome? What of those who claim to know the Lord walking away from the church house? What of the many who are stricken down with sickness other than the virus? What of all the problems we face in these last days? These are the last days as all that we are seeing today has been told us in the Bible. But how to deal with all of these things as a born again believer? What if one would just follow our verses this morning and make Jesus Christ his or her life? What if one stopped living for the world and started to live for Jesus Christ? What if one stepped away from the world and walked with Christ? What if our life were really to become His? Consider the one the Holy Spirit used to write down the words in our reading this morning and how he was able to keep going for the Lord. Paul lost his family because of his faith. Paul lost his position in the Jewish religion because of his faith. Paul lost his health along the way. Paul was considered a criminal and had to fight against government because of his faith. Paul had to deal with many of the same things we face today and he came out still rejoicing in the Lord. How? He lived the words the Holy Spirit gave him in the above verses. What if we lived those same words today?