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Wednesday... It is real so what do we do about it?


Wednesday... It is real so what do we do about it?

Injustice is real. We think of all that we can say and do but is there a different standard for us?

We live in a HOA community and I broke one of the rules in that large book and they stuck a big red notice on the driver side of my car and it is really hard to get off. Now I have in my mind thought of all that I could say. It is an injustice. And there is a whole lot of injustice going around but it was also going around in Jesus time to the point that they killed Jesus and He was the most perfect man who ever lived. All they did to me was paist a big red notice on my car window but it was an injustice.

Now the writer of Hebrews wrote a letter to people who were being imprisoned for their faith. They were breaking some rules against who they could worship. A little bit more important than where a person should park.

Now Hebrews 6:10 (NLT) says, "For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do."  

Verses 9b-11 in The Message Paraphrase says, "I have better things in mind for you - salvation things! God doesn't miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you've shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it. And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. Don't drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with commited faith and then get everything promised to them."

Bill, fight battles that really matter. Those people at the HOA office are your friends and I am using you to show them what a difference being a Christian is all about and the Evil One is striving to get you off track. So, "extend the same intensity toward full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish." 

Yes, injustice is real but we serve a just God and He will take care of us. So let Him fight your unjust battles and then we must "extend the same intensity toward full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish." So let's quite dragging our feet and stay the course with committed faith and then we will get everything promised to us. And we also need to thank Him for taking care of us and fighting our battles for us.Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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