Day 20

So today has been rather eventful. Waking up with a new president elect is always a little different. However this was not why my day was eventful. Sure I had class and was busy but that really just was not it either. Today I found that Satan is trying to tear me down in other ways than just sin. He knows he is losing the battle for my soul and he is starting to try and distract me from my work for God's glory. I could not seem to get a quiet moment tonight to do my devotional, something was always making a noise or someone would walk into my room. He was trying to make me fail. Instead, I entered into prayer and asked God to speak to me so that I could share what he is doing in my life because that is really what this blog is all about. I still feel that we need to step out and start making changes in this nation and I do not mean political ones.

Isaiah 40:1-2 says "Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins." I tend to have a hard time remembering that even though I have been through some tough times and have ignored God, those times were my hard service and Jesus' death on the cross has paid for those sins. When I asked God to forgive me, my sins were forgotten and I am able to move on as a new person. In the same way, I need to encourage others who fall and let them know that God is merciful and they should have peace now that they have accepted God and asked for forgiveness.

Isaiah 40:3-5 states, "A voice of one calling: 'In the desert prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the wilderness a highway for out God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind will see it. For the the mouth of the Lord has spoken.' " My job as a Christian is to do exactly this, to prepare the way for Christ's return. People need to be educated and need to be ready for when He comes again. I must also be watchful though and not lose sight of the Lord in my quest to make a path for him. What I mean by that is that I need to make sure that while I am helping others come to Christ and grow, I must not become complacent or forget about helping myself grow. Evangelizing and being a missionary towards all people needs to become a priority in my life, not just towards those I feel comfortable with talking to. All mankind needs to see the glory of the Lord and it begins with me and other like me.

Verses 6-9 proclaim, "A voice says 'cry out.' and I said, 'what shall I cry?' 'All men are like grass and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows  on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall but the word of our God stands forever. You who bring good tidings to Zion, go up high on a mountain. You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; Say to the towns of Judah, 'Here is your God!'  My take on this passage is that my job is to show the people that without God, they will fall and die forever. But with God, they will live forever. Sounds easy enough but how many times do we think that everyone already knows that? And they choose to live the way they do. It's time for me to stop being so afraid of speaking up because I do not like talking face to face with people who do not know the Lord. It is time to show people who God really is and take the word into the streets. People need to see who God is before they can accept what he did for them.

We say say that it is just dumb voters who voted in Barack Obama but are we the ones truly to blame? Who says that we could not go out and change America for Christ and they would have a better insight to abortion, religion, and what it really means to fight for your country. If we want change in this nation, it starts with Christ. I do not care what people say about Separation of church and state, because if we had enough people on the side of the church, separation of church and state would not be an issue! I know God is just and has a plan so I am not worried  about what will happen from here on out because of the decisions already made. I am a Christian and if the end is near, I am already on board. The question is, who will I take with me? and who will be left behind?

Continue to seek God and his plan for your life. If you just recently started reading this, I encourage you to go back to Day 1 and catch up. I have come a long way and have learned a lot, I think you might learn a little as well. Keep praying and as always, my phone is always on and the comment section of the pages are free to discuss. I will not judge you or fight with you, I think discussion is essential to growth in Christ and that we can all learn from it.

Have a good night and God bless!

Joseph Robinson