People usually think on their most wanted desires and work towards reaching them. Some will succeed, but some others will not. Perhaps due to indiscipline, or “forgot about it”, or had sudden unfortunate circumstances. Maybe some wished for losing pounds and others for winning other kind of pound$. Whatever we wished for, we might want it at “any cost” even knowing it would change our way of life, or perhaps we really do not want to change anything at all. It all depends in our needs and/or desires.
In our earthly life we are all going to have needs and desires, but if we make the best resolution for our life, we will not have any problems because we will be covered at all times. I am NOT saying that our problems are going to disappear like magic, no, but we will see them as opportunities to make great resolutions that might become flourishing. The greatest inventions in life have been a consequence of a problem someone faced; and if there had been no problem, the great solution would have never been found. That is why we should thank God even for our problems. In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (I Thessalonians 5.18) That means that no matter how much a problem might bother us, if Jesus Christ permitted it, is because it will have a great outcome. . .but only if we really love Him. (Romans 8.28) If we do things which are NOT in accordance with His will (His teachings in the Bible) then we do not love Him enough to be considered “according to His purpose”. Yet we can change that if we make the wisest resolution. What is that? Jesus said it in his greatest speech telling us we should not worry about our needs: Seek FIRST Gods Kingdom and His righteousness, and all those things will be added to you. (Mathews 6.33)
If we are well covered with insurance for the home, we can solve problems when a natural disaster hits us. If we have health insurance we can deal with the cost of it when it weakens. How about our spiritual insurance, though? Are we well covered when the malignant catches us? Will we be ready to meet head-on with it? The Bible says: Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. (I Peter 5.8) That is why I say Jesus Christ is the WISEST RESOLUTION we can make for our life in this world of sin. He was born to cleanse us to be worthy of the Father, to free us from eternal death, to teach us how to deal with problems in this fallen world, to be more than conquerors despite our “enemies” whom can become our friends if we pray for them and offer them the love and peace that surpasses all understanding. “You heard it was said. . . But I say now. . .” When Jesus (our greatest Christmas Gift, our Redeemer) came into this world becoming “one of us” (with the exception of having a human male’s factor which would have made Him sinful also) he spoke to the people to teach them and all of us how to deal with other people to live peacefully, loving one another, caring for one another in order to have a better life until He comes again for us to give us the life of no death He really meant for us. But in this world we also have another element promoter of hate, envy and all sort of malignant feelings led by the chief enemy to make us fall, all the time. That is the reason we have to be well prepared. That is why we should teach our offspring how to be ready to repel anything that can make us fall into eternal damnation, and be always firm in our values to experience that Peace our Lord left us when He went back to heaven. He is the only ONE who can do that and fill the emptiness you may now have.
One of the great pastors I hear on TV (and there are many) said that the Bible does not say much about how our life with God will be when we finally reach our destination (HOME) but it does say how we must behave in our journey to be able to reach it. We must be wise in everything. You can read the book of Proverbs where it says:
How blessed is the man who finds WISDOM and the man who gains understanding; for her profit is better than the profit of silver and her gain better than fine gold. (Proverbs 3.13-14)
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