Saturday, August 4, 2012

Saturday in God's word


John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that you can have peace because of me. In this world you will have trouble. But cheer up! I have won the battle over the world."

When New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees severely injured his shoulder in 2005, he leaned hard on what someone had shared with him years earlier, “If God leads you to it, He’ll lead you through it.”

You cannot gain strength and muscle by looking at a treadmill, a barbell, or a pair of running shoes.  You must do the work.  God’s way of making us stronger and shaping us into the men and women He wants us to be is by giving us tough times.  But in the midst of these things, the promises of God are ever present.  First, He says, we will have trouble.  But when trouble comes our way, although there may be pain deep within us, eventually we can smile, because the battle is already won, the race has already been run, we just have to claim the victory. 

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