Frustration is something that we all need to deal with. When things don’t go our way or when something happens that turns your day or even our lives upside down, it is frustrating to say the least.
Along with frustration often comes anger. Sometimes there is a distinct object or individual that those feelings are directed towards. Sometimes, it just seems like life itself has it in for you. Then the feelings are directed to the world at large.
There is a slippery slope that we travel when we become angry. It can lead to all sorts of trouble and evil. It is in our minds and hearts to do evil. We inherited it from our ancestor, Adam.
His actions against God condemned mankind to their loss of spiritual connection with their Maker. When that happened, all the good that mankind had was instantly turned upside down. Good become evil.
We all have those thoughts and it is really easy to move beyond a momentary thought of anger to hate and then further to actions to get retribution against those who are or who seem to be holding us down.
We scream Justice, we want Justice. We think it is our right to demand that others change how they are to suit us. It is one thing to take someone to court to obtain justice when a wrong is done and it is another things to take into your own hands.
The gamut of this type of retaliation runs from being a bully to becoming a murderer. Really, who would think that this is the way to solve anything? However, in the world today, it doesn’t seem that unusual.
We are evil and we are becoming used to the evil to the point where many have begun to think that evil is good.
That’s giving in to the master of this world, Satan. He wants us to become as destructive as possible and to wipe mankind off the face of the Earth. He knows that he lost the war but he wants to take as many of us down with him as possible.
That is why he influences people to hate those who tell the world about the love of God and the salvation of Jesus Christ. That is what is behind the move to silence Christians these days.
It isn’t that those who are against Christianity have a better answer. They just don’t want the word of God to shine a light into the darkness of their souls. They don’t want others to experience what they have decided they don’t need for themselves.
It is a time when those who truly follow Jesus Christ learn to stand up for God. It’s not that he needs vindication, it is that we need to tell others about him so that they, too, can be saved.
It is our job to do so, it is our calling and it should be our joy. No matter what the repercussions, you cannot deny Jesus to suit the world.
We have been told that our lot won’t be easy and it isn’t. We know that persecution and evil are going to come against us.
Stand strong and know that God has won this war and that he will support us in our battle. We are not alone. He is there and he will give you peace and joy in the midst of what is happening and what is coming.
Lean into him and hold on, no matter what.
Romans 1:16-17
I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation [from His wrath and punishment] to everyone who believes [in Christ as Savior], to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed in a way that awakens more faith]. As it is written and forever remains written, “The just and upright shall live by faith.”