Are you faced with challenges in your life right now? Do you know what God wants you to say? He wants you to say, “If God is for me, who can be against me?” (Romans 8:31-32)
Knowing that God is for you gives you the hometown advantage.
When a football team plays at home, they have an advantage because of all their fans and friends watching from the grandstand cheering them on. Just knowing that they have all those fans for them causes them to push a little harder. They put everything that they have in it. They are determined that they will never give up and they will never quit.
Hebrews 12:1 (TLB) Since we have such a huge crowd of men of faith watching us from the grandstands, let us strip off anything that slows us down . . . and let us run with patience the particular race that God has set before us. . .
The writer of Hebrews had just written about all the great men of faith that have gone on before. He said they are in the grandstand of heaven cheering us on. Just knowing that my dad, my granddad, my pastor and all those who have gone on to heaven are in the grandstand cheering me on gives me a determination to go on and finish my race. Not only are my loved ones for me but most important of all, God is for me!
One day Stephen was preaching and he looked up and said I see Jesus standing at the father’s right hand. Jesus was not seated in the grandstand; he was on his feet he was cheering Stephen on. When Stephen looked up and saw Jesus on his feet cheering him on he was not about to stop until he crossed the finish line.
I Believe when that prodigal son decides to come home, when that man or women who once walked with God but has been tempted of the devil and gone back into sin; When they make that decision, “ I’m going back to the father’s house” I believe the grandstand in heaven is full and no one is sitting. Everyone is on their feet cheering them on. Listen to me, friend. Your grandmother, your mother, all your love-ones who have gone on to be with the Lord are on your side, they are for you. Jesus is on his feet cheering you on He is for you. God is for you, and if God be for you there are not enough devils in hell to hold you back. There is nothing in this world to hold you back. If God be for you then who can be against you.
If God is for you right now, you do not have to moan, “If only I had this…If only I didn’t say that…” You do not have to worry about the future: “What if this happens…What if we don’t have enough…”
Regretting the past and worrying about the future will not change anything. Look to your heavenly Father instead. Because He is for you, you can be confident that He will help you and provide for you.
Thought for the Day
All blessings are yours today because God is for you! God is on your side!
Confession: Father, I believe You are for me and not against me. I will be courageous. I will keep the faith and finish my course. I cannot be defeated and I will never quit. God is for me and it makes no difference who is against me.
May God’s richest and best be yours,
Lanier Martin
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