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Strangers and Pilgrims

 

Real believers in Jesus Christ do not belong to this world.  As children of God, we belong to a heavenly homeland. I refer to as, real, because there are many that call themselves christians, but they love the world more than God.  The Bible says in James' Epistle (James 4:4) : "You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God."  John's Epistle (1John 2:15) warns us about this issue:  "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." The Scriptures are clear and understandable. If you call yourself a christian, take these words seriously, not as a judgement or sentence, but as a warning. We live in the world but we don't belong to the world.  Learn to establish the borderings and decide not to trespass them. "The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever." 1 John 2:17

If you're part of those ambivalent, inconstant, and double-minded people, that are unstable in all they do; those that walk with God one day and the next day they follow the insinuations of the prince of this world, LOOK OUT! you could be walking in a tightrope from which you could fall anytime.  Don't you despise such a great salvation!  If you has really tasted the friendship with Jesus, it sounds impossible that you look in the world for that which only Jesus can give you. The world resembles a mirage, a false dream and illussion; it offers you a lot, but later, it will steal you more than you have received.  It looks more charming every day to those who pretend to fill their lives with air; the same way they get blowed up, likewise is their emptiness. They're always unsatisfied, nothing lasts for them; they are constantly trying to fill in a space that only Christ can fulfill.  Open your eyes ... don't you change the gold of eternity for poor imitations; give the blessings God has given you its true value and be aware not to be deceived.

Do you feel unsatisfied, empty,  discouraged, sad and distressed, even though you're part of God's family? Are you looking for something you feel is lacking and you're trying to get it in the world?  If that's your condition, you have been trying to swim by the sea and, everyone knows that's impossible. If you want to really enjoy, you must dare to go deeply.  That's the place where the most wonderful and valuable  treasures are hidden. They are not comparable with everything the world can offer.

Don't you resign with the least; live to take possession of all God has for you. Make Jesus, not an ocassional  friend, but your personal and intimate Friend whom you can trust and rely always. Life with Jesus is not an idea, nor an utopia; He is real, He's a beautiful, interesting, and lovely reality. Get in love with Him and be delighted in His word, more sweet than honey, and you will enjoy the fullness of life in the days yet to come. Begin now to enjoy  the abundant life God has for all His children .... those that have accepted His son Jesus, as their Savior, their Friend, and their Lord. The world is not our home, we're strangers and pilgrims here, where everything is perishable and passing. Our home is in heaven; we are anxious to get there and enjoy it eternally.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. Hebrews 11:13-16

You did'nt reach this Site by accident ; even if you hit this Page by mistake, God's plan for you included this place. A special blessing is waiting for you in the following Pages. It's my prayer to God that the Holy Spirit might open your mind, prepare your heart and make your spirit sensitive so you may receive what He has for you. Each Page is based completely in the Holy Scriptures. Cast all your care upon the Lord, rest in Him and be prepared to hear his voice through his Word. "Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart."   [Psalms 37:4] 
I hope you will be richly blessed!

 

 

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