Storms Will Come

Storms Will Come 

by David Brenneman 

"For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6.

Denying the work of the Spirit of God in the lives of people would be a heinous thing to do to anyone. 

To be accused by the unbelieving of various things is nothing new under the sun. It's a regular thing throughout the world.  

"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified." Romans 8:28-30.

All things is more than an implication...it's a firm certainty. 

As one once said...all means all and that's all all means. 

A bit of spiritual warfare and you really come to realize that the unbelieving know absolutely nothing about the things of God. 

Spouting things with a confident assertion that they know nothing about. 

These people will stand before Jesus someday and all the sudden have nothing to say. Or if they do they will be silenced by the gaze of Him with whom they have to do. 

Jesus so loved the world that He gave of Himself to take our place and to die in our stead. He said that the world hated Him so they will hate those who follow Him as well.   

I've been misunderstood much of my life. Adding false accusers to the list is nothing new. The Apostles and their Disciples that came after them had false accusers too. Scripture says that Satan is constantly accusing the Brethren daily. We see it very clearly in the opening chapters of the book of Job. 

We shouldn't be surprised when it happens to us, from anyone, anywhere at any time. 

"So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name. And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ." Acts 5:41-42.

Kept right on. There it is.

We are to stand firm in Christ our Savior and are to keep right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. 

Liars will continue to spew their lies. The truth is Jesus Christ is Triumphant against all the schemes of the devil. Every accusation is met with the cross of Jesus Christ. Jesus defeated sin, death and the grave. Once for all. 

In God's economy you have to go through Jesus to get to a Believer. 

The word of God says that anything that you hold too tightly to you will lose. Anything you put higher in your life than your relationship with Jesus will turn to ashes. Jesus, not your status among people, is to be your most important thing. Jesus not even your family should be highest on your list of priorities. 

So what do we do when people lie and say all kinds of things that aren't true of you? Bring your troubles to Jesus and let Him deal with it. We don't need to defend the truth to The Truth. We don't need to explain why we know we didn't do anything wrong to The Truth. 

We just need to step aside and wait for Jesus to do what He will do in dealing with people whom are doing what they are doing to us.

Jesus had already sifted the hearts of all mankind before they were born. Jesus knows. 

"Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory." Colossians 3:2-4.

Storms will come. People will lie about us and say all kinds of things that are twisted and wrong.   

In due time the truth will come out. 

We live for Christ and not ourselves. 

When the storms and rains come they do nothing to the house built on the Rock. 

All NASB 1995 and NASB Scripture Excerpts used by permission. (C) Lockman Foundation.