By: Betty Predmore
Because He Lives
The sermon I heard in church yesterday was about HOPE. If we are believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, we can have hope, despite the trials that go on in our lives. “Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:2-5. We can endure through those struggles, clinging tightly to the hand of Jesus with a certainty that comes from faith in His word. We know that God’s word is true for “God is not man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” Numbers 23:19.
This brought to mind a song I learned as a teenager…”Because He Lives”.
Because He Lives
I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives
All fear is gone.
It is because of my assurance in His resurrection that I can face whatever comes my way. I can stand firm on the knowledge that He will never leave me nor forsake me. I can know without a doubt that He will carry my heavy load. By knowing this, I can face every tomorrow He gives me with hope.
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living just because He lives.
He holds me and my future in the palm of his hands. All the goodness, joy, and love in my life is because of Him. I can face each new day with PURPOSE…PURPOSE to commune with My Savior, PURPOSE to be a Godly wife, mother, sister, daughter, and friend, PURPOSE to allow His will to be done in my life, PURPOSE to touch the lives of others and have an impact for Him, PURPOSE to lead where He calls me to lead and follow where He calls me to follow. This is what makes life worth living.
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer,”. Romans 12:12. Let your heart be filled with the fruits of the Spirit. Do this out of faith. Do this Because He Lives.
A Song In My Heart
