NO EXCUSES, NO FEAR, NO REGRETS! THE WORD OF GOD WILL MARCH ON FOREVER. IF YOU FEEL PAIN, IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN SIN LEAVING YOUR FLESH AS YOU ALLOW GOD TO HAVE HIS WAY WITH YOUR HEART!!!!!
Broken down it simply means this:
NO EXCUSES – Jeremiah 8:12 – “Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? Nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.”
NO FEAR – Pslam 23:4 – “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
NO REGRETS – 2 Timothy 4:6 – 8 – “For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.”
THE WORD OF GOD WILL MARCH ON FOREVER – Revelation Chapters 21 & 22 “We Win!”
IF YOU FEEL PAIN, IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN SIN LEAVING YOUR FLESH AS YOU ALLOW GOD TO HAVE HIS WAY WITH YOUR HEART – “Turn your passion to the cause of Christ! Let go and let God!”
Another word for pain is PASSION! The feeling of pain is you giving up more of yourself and getting more of God. Just imagine the pain Christ felt as He was beaten. Lying on the cross with the smashing force of a hammer driving something as big as a railroad spike through the flesh muscle and bone of His hands and feet to make sure he stayed on the cross. The question is how much pain are you willing to go through for the cause of Christ?
I have made up my mind and I am staying my course! How much more passion do we give to the world than Christ? How much more of our time and money do we give to the world vs. Christ? It is time for balance of power to shift. Time to put the universe on notice! I will no longer suffer for what the world has to offer, I am tired of being in pain for the world! If I am going to be in pain, and go through pain, it is time to do it for the only cause great enough! That cause is to further the Kingdom of Heaven!
I remember reading of the time when a giant in a valley was cursing God. Just like the world does to Christ today! I remember reading of a young shepherd boy named David whom looked into the eyes of his angry older brother and shouting out the immortal words of 1 Samuel 17:29 – “For what have I now done! Is there not a cause?” When are we as Christians going to stand up for the cause of Christ, charge the enemy, and say to the world as a whole, For what have we now done! There is a way better cause than being in pain for you!”
What is there to be afraid of? Have we forgotten the gifts, tools, and promises we have been given by God; Spoken through His servants to stand the test of time, for future generations to hear and read?
- Luke 10:19 – “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
- Isaiah 40:31 – “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 – “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”
- Luke 14:12 – “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do he shall do also; and greater works then these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”
If we only gave more of ourselves to God and less and less of ourselves to the world! When we can accomplish that, we become what is named in 2 Corinthians 2:14 – 16 – “Now thanks be unto God which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savior of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savior of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: to the one we are the savior of death unto death; and to the other the savior of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?”
By Minister Richard Hagemaster