Hebrews 12:1 KJV “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with PATIENCE the race that is set before us.”

Luke 21:16-19 KJV “And YE SHALL BE BETRAYED both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. [17] And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake. [18] But there shall not an hair of your head perish. [19] In your PATIENCE possess ye your souls.”

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A tired man is writing this article? A man who sometimes feels like he has nothing left to give in the tank. Just like some of you feel at times. Yet when I woke up I know it was the Spirit who said to me, “The finished line is closer than you think.” I believe that’s why the race feels so grueling; we’re almost there, we’re almost home.😂

Have you been betrayed by your closest relatives? And by those who pretended to walk with you in the faith? Some of them had us fooled for years. Have you basically been forsaken by everyone? Parents? Brothers? Sisters? Children? Friends? Etcetera?😳 Then you especially know how tough this race is. Isn’t it interesting how they can so easily discard us? The Lord told us this would happen:

Matthew 10:22 LEB “And you will be HATED BY EVERYONE because of my name. But the one who endures to the end—THIS ONE WILL BE SAVED.”

WHEN YOU CAN’T TAKE ANYMORE

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 NLT “We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. WE WERE CRUSHED AND OVERWHELMED BEYOND OUR ABILITY TO ENDURE, and we thought we would never live through it. [9] In fact, WE EXPECTED TO DIE. But as a result, WE STOPPED RELYING ON OURSELVES AND LEARNED TO RELY ON GOD, who raises the dead. [10] And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us.”

“WE STOPPED RELYING ON OURSELVES AND LEARNED TO RELY ON GOD.”😊 That’s what happens when we can’t take anymore; we learn to rely on God, who rescues us again and again. We get to see miracles. Our enemies don’t experience God like this. And some of our associates have not given everything up for Jesus Christ. Some of them are lukewarm at best. So Satan does not viciously attack them. Hence they never experience God’s protection the way we do. Some of our friends say they want heaven and they also want this world’s witchcraft entertainment. They want God’s protection but they are too afraid to offend anyone with the true message about Jesus Christ. When God separates us it happens sometimes to show that not all who profess Jesus are really His:

1 John 2:18‭-‬19 LEB “Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But THEY WENT OUT, in order THAT IT MIGHT BE SHOWN THAT ALL OF THEM ARE NOT OF US.”

I know, these are hard words to chew and swallow when they apply to your son or daughter, your mother or father, your husband or wife. Some do come back. Remember the prodigal son? (Luke 15:11-24) Let us hope that God will open their eyes one day.

As we go through life’s challenges and don’t have the familiar faces around to rely on for help it’s ok. God will help us. We will see miracles. He will rescue us again and again. Because you truly serve Jesus the narrow road is tough. (Matthew 7:13-14) But you alo have these assurances:

Romans 8:35‭-‬39 LEB “Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword? Just as it is written, “On account of you we are being put to death the whole day long; we are considered as sheep for slaughter.” No, but in all these things we prevail completely through the one who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Luke 21:19 KJV “In your patience possess ye your souls.”

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