BE ENCOURAGED

“For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.”

Hebrews 6:10 KJV

For those of us who are serving Jesus full time there are times when we get discouraged.  We need to realize that Jesus also got discouraged at times when He was here on His mission.  We can be encouraged knowing that Jesus understands how we feel and His heart is moved with compassion for us.

I used to worry about people not liking the devotions I write until I remembered this verse.  “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase” (1 Corinthians 3:6).  A pastor said “It is very discouraging to preach and not ve haanybody come to the altar”.  Be encouraged, Pastors.  God appreciates your service.

Our Scripture verse tells us that God remembers our service to Him.  We need to realize that when we get discouraged it is just another attack from satan to keep us from serving Jesus.  Nothing would make satan any happier than to discourage us so much we stop serving Jesus.  We must not let that happen!

We need to stay on the battlefield for Jesus no matter how many trials come our way.  Jesus stayed on the cross for us.  He could have come down.  All the nails in the world couldn’t have kept Him on the cross had He chose to come down.  However, He stayed on the cross because He loves us.

We must stay on the battlefield for Jesus and not let satan defeat us.  When satan attacks us, we need to immediately cry out to Jesus and ask Him to help us.  Jesus will set us once again on the mountain top of happiness.  O how He loves us!

Joanne Lowe

December 29, 2016