"But now be strong, O Zerubbabel,’ declares the LORD. ‘Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the LORD, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the LORD Almighty. ‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.’"
- Haggai 2:4-5
These verses really encouraged me when I read them this morning. I will be taking the ACT in two weeks and to be honest, I'm kinda nervous about it. I fear that I won't be ready- or even if I am ready, that I will fail somehow. But as I read this morning, these verses offered me comfort. I need to be strong and keep working even as time for my high-school education runs out, even as I am about to jump into something completely foreign to me- college. God is with me through it all! And He will give me the strength to keep going. He has never left me, from the day that he pulled me back from the brink of destruction, the day that he came into my heart until now. His spirit remains in me so what do I have to fear? As the Apostle Paul writes: "What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Rom 8:31) I learned today that I really don't have to be afraid of what will happen in two weeks, God is with me, whatever happens that day will be his plan and because he has the best in mind for me, what opposition should I fear? Which trials should I worry about? The answer is: none! God will give me strength, and I know that he will give you strength too!
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