Endure

"As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease."

Genesis 8:22

Endure the trials and pains and rely completely on Jesus, for to live life to the utmost is to endure the troubles and pains of the world, as well as to enjoy the good blessings and abundances given to you.  Therefore,  whether we like it or not - good and bad, the world keeps turning, and if we want to live to the fullest we must decide to turn with it.

Every tear will be wiped away

If you aren’t sure exactly what happens when you surrender your worldly-life to Christ, well here is a glimpse for you:

Now that you have an idea, why don’t you go ahead and jump in with both feet?  Guaranteed, your life will never be the same.

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They shall hunger no more

“They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;  neither shall the sun smite them, nor any scorching heat. [Isa. 49:10; Ps. 121:6]” Revelation 7:16

Once you surrender complete (emphasis on complete) control of your life over to God, He takes control, and hunger, thirst, and pain will be things you need not worry over ever again.

Trust in, rely on - have hope and confidence in

“[Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is.  For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots… it shall not see and fear when heat comes…. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of the drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8

To trust in, believe in, rely on, and have hope and confidence in God equals stability, contentment, fruit bearing, and fearlessness (just to name a few). However, on the flip side, to trust in, believe in, rely on, and have hope and confidence in the world (and/or yourself) equals failure, darkness, worry, thirst, fruitlessness – hence, a slow, torture-filled death. YIKES

I’m personally going to opt for placing myself in God’s hands … what about you?