God continues to convict me on the Foundation Of Truth….just the idea that we would build our faith, our daily walk, and our mindsets…on principles that are TRUE.

 

Today….I want to touch on one very important principal:

 

God Is FOR You

 

My lovely wife Angie constantly reminds our family of this very principle…..And if you are like me you easily fall into the mindset that you are in trouble, that you have somehow not measured up, that you are in the “doghouse”, that your circumstances are somehow the result of you not being in the favor of God…..

 

And if you are like me you begin to build a mindset of religion—the idea that you must DO SOMETHING to make Him love you.

 

This is not what the Bible says.

 

The Bible says that “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us”, it says that Jesus saw Nathanael under the fig tree and admired him from afar, it says that He told Peter that he was “a rock”—-knowing full well that he would abandon him as He went to the cross.

 

This is not the picture of a disappointed God who looks from on high and sees us screw it up…..

 

It is just the opposite.

 

It is the picture of who God truly IS…..the One who loves you.

 

The burdens of life can weigh us down and there are pains that we deal with that are incredible…unfathomable…

 

I see the lives of kids I coach, their parents, their families, and even men that I coach with…..and it would be easy to crumble at some of the things people face……

 

But as we face these things, let us never forget:

 

Satan is not going to win.  The Lord will deal with Him in the due time.  And since He was an amazing lamb, I shudder at how He will look when He comes as a LION.

 

Sin is not going to be the defining factor over our lives.  Nailed on a cross 2000 years ago was the Almighty Jesus….redefining what we would look like and how we would live.  Live free—live like you have been forgiven.  After all, that blood He shed, that trial He endured, and those accusations He received—-those were not meant to be wasted.

 

Death is not the end of life.  Just the opposite.  He has something greater for us….and for those who have gone before us.  Ask Him to show you what He has in store for those who love Him…..NO ONE—and I mean NO ONE—wants to be here when they can be THERE.

 

It is in these three principles that we must grab onto Jesus….knowing that He is FOR US.  That He is crying every tear we cry and helping us up every hill.  That He is like a parent watching over us and rooting for us….  That in our struggles He is struggling too.

 

Never forget…in all you do…in all you encounter…and in all you deal with…

 

God is FOR YOU.

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J