Are you really ready for the End Times? Is the worldwide financial crisis hitting too close to home? Are personal problems closing in on you? What is your focus? Do you desire to become an overcomer in this life?
Are the Last Days unfolding? Maybe that makes you feel anxious; you suspect something is missing in your spiritual life. Your checklist seems to be okay: “born again,” attend church, Bible study, and try to live right. Yet you don’t experience God’s promises; instead you have financial disruption, health problems, and family distress.
Are you informed about prophecy, but defeated in daily life? You study the Bible’s prophecies and read about the world’s geo-political maneuvering. You are concerned about global warming and ponder Israel’s relationships with her neighbors. You try to watch the signs of the times. But maybe your own personal relationships are painful and you suspect you may be headed for serious trouble.
What about those magnificent promises for Christ’s followers? Do you trudge along without real victory, wondering why your life is slip-sliding away from your goals and desires? Does the truth you know match the life you live?
Are you an overcomer-in-the-making? Are you healed of the hurts of your past? Do you feel fully forgiven? Is your marriage and home full of love, honor, and compassion? Do your children feel emotionally secure?
Do you stand by helplessly while friends spiral downwards? Do the men and women around you endure personal heartache? Do you want to help others, but wonder why your ministry seems powerless?
Is there a “critical system error” running in your life’s program? Are you sabotaged at every turn? Do you sing about “grace” yet lack freedom and joy? What is going wrong?
God’s grace is simple, like the dynamics of water. Be encouraged, hope is at hand. An analogy may help, so let’s take a walk and watch it in action. Read on