MI DAILY DEVOTION
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THE LORD IS FAITHFUL
(Revelation 2:10) 10- Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
The Lord knows that we will have sufferings one day, but He said; Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: The suffering is sure but the kind of suffering will still have to be determined or given. He suffered, we must suffer. He suffered for our salvation; we must learn to suffer in His service and for His glory. He was faithful unto death; we must remain faithful until death. The Lord knows that the devil will give us misery, trials and imprisonment, but remember God is faithful. Some of us may not be in a literal jail, but many of us are imprisoned by our own sin, self, selfishness, sorrow, stupidity, weaknesses and pride. Some prisoners were imprisoned for the crime or crimes that they committed, but many of them have been imprisoned in their own self and sin before they’ve committed such crime. We can’t be set free from our sin and misery unless we let the Lord capture our hearts, our mind and our whole being. The Lord is the true freedom and He is the Lord who is faithful and true. Jesus said: If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (John 8:36) We may stumble and fall along the way, but the Lord is always there for us. We need to learn to trust Him and humbly recognize Him as our sovereign Lord. Jesus promised us the crown of life. Eternal life and God’s commendation is good enough for me. I could not ask for more… I believe that one of the blessings that may have encouraged the disciples, the prophets and the martyrs to keep on keeping on in spite of the persecutions and death they were facing was the faithfulness of God. The Bible said: God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. (I Corinthians 1:9)
