Your Daily Dose of Inspiration
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After Jesus was baptized, God said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Then Jesus was led into the desert to be tempted for forty days. While in the desert, the enemy spoke to Jesus and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread." This temptation challenges Jesus' identity and urges Him to use His divine power to prove who He was. Knowing He had no reason to prove anything to the enemy, Jesus responds by saying, "It is written: 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God'". This message emphasizes that obedience to God’s Word is more vital for life than physical food or worldly needs. As with Jesus, it really doesn’t matter what the enemy or other people think of us. As believers, we have nothing to prove. When God looks at us, He says, “That’s My child, in whom I am well pleased.” Others may not be supportive of what we need, but we are already approved, accepted, and anointed. As believers, it's up to us to live a full life feeling good about who we are knowing God made us just as we are and He is well pleased. Keep Him first and remember to say your prayers.
God does not abandon those who wait for Him, but He actively works on our behalf. As believers, an important aspect of life is patience. We must have patience and wait on God and rest and trust in His timing. God prepares blessings and interventions that are unimaginable. "Waiting" is not passive and means staying in expectation and resting in faith while God is at work. Stay in faith, keep doing the right thing, keep praising and giving all glory to God, and keep speaking victory in the face of defeat. Scripture says that God will work all things together for our good. As believers, our life is not based on one difficult season. Let go of what didn't work out knowing God's timing is perfect. God is still on the throne and at the right time, we'll be blessed and fulfilled and forget about the negative things of our past. Be patient, God is still there. Keep Him first and remember to stay in prayer.
As believers, we should not view our daily life as being a struggle with sin to be endured until our last day. God wants us to experience a consistently abundant life and has provided everything we need to live that life. The Bible tells us His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. Our Heavenly Father has given us great and precious promises and through them we may share in the divine nature, escaping the negativity and spiritual battles that are in the world. Keep God first and remember to stay in prayer.