Matthew 10;26-31 (KJV)
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
I was brought to this passage through my prayer time this morning. It is to be given, as encouragement, to you all because there are some who ARE sitting, in a corner (spiritually), scared to step out for what they think (again, this is your own thought) is going to happen.
"Oh! I have this awesome job I love and to start speaking about Christ Jesus, on the job, just might make upper management reconsider me for that promotion."
Psalm 75, in and around the 6th verse, it states that promotion comes neither from the east, west, or south. But God is judge and He raises one, and sets one down (paraphrasing).
"Man! I just got into this social club and if I start telling all of them about Christ Jesus, they might kick me out. And, I need these contacts. This is the best networking opportunity I have ever had."
Matthew recorded, in his Gospel, that Jesus spoke, "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."
This example goes out to all my friends in entertainment.
"God understands that the industry I am in might call for me to not speak about him. He knows, in my heart, that I love him and know him, but if I want to continue in this business, I am going to have to play the game."
In the Proverbs (4;23) we see that we are told, Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Elsewhere, in the Gospel according to Mark (8;36), we read that Jesus says, "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
Not to mention God, in Deuteronomy (5;6-9), told you that, "I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,"
These examples, however small, are to set before you the increasing need to be encouraged for your decision to follow behind Christ Jesus in a world that is committed to tearing you away from that power, peace, comfort, assurance, and Truth. My Brothers and Sister, trial and tribulations will come. That is written in the word of God as well. It is written to let us know that it shouldn't surprise us when the trial comes. No! We shouldn't be scared, perplexed, unsettled, nor taken aback. Why? Because we have Christ Jesus, and with him resting within us; to work for us, and work through us, we have a power that this world knows it cannot contend with.
So, I complete today's fellowship: your encouragement, with this scripture. It should, when taken in, studied, metitated upon, committed to memory, show us that no matter what comes our way, we have no need to be "scared". We are God's children, to be in active possession of all the rights, and priviledges that come with being His children. No one, no agent of the enemy can remove that Truth. Please read, consider, and live it out. 1 John 4;1-6 (KJV)
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Holla,
Yer Brova Catalyst
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