Internal Peace

It seems to go in cycles. The bashing of God or anything Biblical. At least among my friends on FB. Things seem to be calm for a while and FB is enjoyable, then, out of nowhere, every post, it seems, is trying to knock down God and humiliate Christians. A true Christ-follower will be saddened, even grieved, by these posts but never humiliated or deterred. And as for knocking down God, well, that's not gonna happen, except in their own minds.

 

 My spirit is grieved every time I see these posts. Making fun of Christians, God, and the Bible. But, Christ-followers know that this is going to happen. Guess how? Yep, the Bible!! Nothing that happens is truly surprising. The Bible has already said in John 15:18-19 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.” You know what would be really surprising? If the people criticizing Christ-followers decided to show love instead of hatred. But Satan does not love, only hate. And if you are not for God, you are for Satan. They may not believe that and that is their choice.

 

 One of the wonderful things about God is that

He gave us free will.

 

 WE get to choose if we want to follow Him or not. Sometimes, following God is hard. We lose friendships and relationships. We get ostracized from our families. Sometimes our families hurt us the most. But God is with us. “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the ends of the earth” Matthew 28:20. We may lose our friends and families but when we look at eternity, it pales in comparison. Our lives here on earth are relatively short, eternity is forever. And those who mock us will one day bow to God. They don't believe it but it will happen. But, in the midst of our sadness and grieving, God gives us peace.

 

 And that is what they do not understand.

 

 Mock me, hurt me, even torture me and my physical body may break, even my mind may break, but my soul, my spirit, no, it has an eternal peace and serenity that only God can give. My guess is that they would like that too. But you cannot get it on your own. Only through Jesus. Becoming a Christ-follower and allowing God to have your life is the only way. So while you may grieve me and make me sad, I have an internal peace and joy that you don't.

 

 You cannot take that from me.

 

 It's what keeps me going when things get tough, it's what allows me to love you and care about you when you mock me and hurt me. It doesn't come from me, it comes from God. My humanness would never allow that, it would mock and hurt right back.

 

But God is love.

 

 And love conquers all.