THINK VICTORY! OUT OF THE WRECK I RISE

OUT OF THE WRECK I RISE ...

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Romans 8:35

This morning as you turn on your computer to read Freedom Fighters, I am aware of several men and their families that are facing enormous trials and difficulties in their lives. These words are for you this morning, not just from the pen of one of Christianity's godly devotional writers, but a message from God Himself. May these words of comfort burn into your hearts and minds today:

"God does not keep His child immune from trouble; He promises, 'I will be with him IN trouble ...' (Psalm 91:15) It doesn't matter how real or intense the adversities may be; NOTHING can ever separate him from his relationship to God. 'In all these things we are more than conquerors ...' (Romans 8:37)

Paul was not referring here to IMAGINARY things, but to things that are dangerously REAL. And he said we are 'super-victors' in the midst of then, not because of our own ingenuity, nor because of OUR courage, but because none of them affects our essential relationship with God in Jesus Christ. I feel sorry for the Christian who doesn't have something in the circumstances of his life that he wishes was not there.

'Shall TRIBULATION ...?' Tribulation is never a grand, highly welcomed event; but whatever it may be - whether exhausting, irritating, or simply causing some weakness - it is not able to 'separate us from the love of Christ.' Never allow tribulations or the 'cares of this world'
to separate you from remembering that God loves you (Matthew 13:22).

'Shall DISTRESS ...?' Can God's love continue to hold fast, even when everyone and everything around us seems to be saying that His love is a lie, and that there is no such thing as justice?

"Shall FAMINE ...?' Can we not only believe in the love of God but also be 'MORE THAN conquerors,' even while we are being starved?

Either Jesus Christ is a deceiver, having deceived even Paul, or else some extraordinary thing happens to someone who holds on to the love of God when the odds are totally against him. Logic is silenced in the face of each of these things which come against him. Only one thing can account for it - the LOVE OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. 'Out of the wreck I rise' every time." Oswald Chambers - My Utmost for His Highest

I trust these words this morning will bring comfort to your heart if you are in the midst "of the wreck." May bring peace and comfort to your hurting hearts.

Great quote: "For your eternal comfort, Christian, you can look forward to a day when there will be a full and final decision in the quarrel between you and Satan. You will see your enemy's camp completely scattered, with not a weapon left in his hand to use against you. You will tread upon every fortress from which he fired so many shots. You will see them dismantled and demolished until there is not one corruption left standing in your heart for the devil to hide himself in. On that glorious day, the enemy who has made you tremble will be trampled under your feet." William Gurnall