Matthew 16:22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. ‘Never, Lord!’ he said. ‘This shall never happen to you!’
Sometimes it is hard to listen to the truth just because we don’t want it to happen that way…
Sometimes we stop listening because we don’t like what we hear...
God has always given us the truth and wants us to fully rely on Him with absolute faith!
Numbers 14:27 How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites.
How often do you test your friends by asking them an impossible question, just to see what they do?
Do you do the same with God? God is holy and just. He will always do what is righteous.
Be aware what you are asking of God at all times...
Psalm 51:3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
How often do you recognise you have sinned? How often is that only after you have done it?
God wants us to know what we do wrong and even what can cause us to do wrong…
That way we can ask for help to avoid getting into trouble in the first place!
Psalm 81:13 If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,
Time and time again the people of Israel lost faith in God because all they could see was the woes of the world.
Where is your focus: on God and His promises, or on the world around you and all its woes?
Tell someone the truth and give them reason to trust in something so they too can discover God’s promises!