Going through it and into it

Going through it and into it.

“As for me, I will always have hope;
I will praise you more and more.
My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds,
of your saving acts all day long—
though I know not how to relate them all.
I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign LORD;
I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
Since my youth, God, you have taught me,
and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
Even when I am old and gray,
do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power to the next generation,
your mighty acts to all who are to come.”
Psalms 71:14-18 NIV

My life, the trials and tribulations that I have been through, some which show up on my face as burn scars, show God’s faithfulness to bring us through things. We see this throughout the Bible. He took Israel through the Red Sea. He took them through the flood swollen Jordan river. Not over, not under, not around, but through. Daniel was in the lion’s den and came out, Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego, went through the fiery furnace. God took them through it.

There’s something else we need to go through, and that is the door also referred to as the narrow road, or the gate, or the person of Jesus. Jesus said that he is the gate, that he is the door, that he is the way, the truth and the life, that no one comes to the Father except through him.

In order to be with God our Father, We need to walk through a transition, a new birth. We need to be born anew Or born again. To break this process down to its bare elements it is to believe that Jesus died and rose again, that his death is payment for all of our sins, then to receive that payment for our, (mine and for you, your) sins. Believe and receive. By doing that we walk through the door (Jesus) into the world of God’s kingdom and become his child.

The door is open to all of us, we just need to walk through it. ❤️ will you become part of God’s saving acts today?