Faithful

"Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple complex and teaching the people." Acts 5:25

The Religious leaders were trying to control things to stay as they deemed them safe. They had progressed to having their own soldiers.

I remember a period of time when in church history the roman Catholic church had similar and were even more brutal.

Now we see countries where the state attempts to dictate what is said in the name of the Lord. I know that in China ministers of the true gospel are persecuted and jailed for what they preach.

Our enemy, the devil, has no new ideas. Persecute or seduce, persecute or seduce, persecute or seduce.

However, the one who truly belongs to the Lord and who looks to Him for the life, the future, the handling of their lives, moment by moment are safe in Him. Although stuff comes against them they stay focused on Him and He keeps their hearts.

Yesterday a dear friend received news that one of her nephews killed himself because of overwhelming past abuse. This is sad! he did not find the comforter. It will stay sad for the family as they know they were unable to help him.

This boy was tortured by memories of past abuse of the worst kind. In all that we go through when we find the Lord and are able to give Him our burden we are set free, sometimes instantly but others step by step the Lord replaces the bad with His good, and He is soooo good! He never fails, we just fail to let Him be faithful.

He is faithful! Amen!

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