Not The Time To Give Up

Elder Sean D. Smith

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

 

- Luke 11:9-10, NKJV

Now is not the time to give up on God and His blessings. While today may not look quite like what was promised yesterday, it (today) still belongs to the Lord; as a result, all of the glory still belongs to Him. Prepare your heart to receive what He has in store and let not your eyes deceive you, rather firmly grip/hold onto the promises of God. Understand that in Jesus you have victory over this world [“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33, NIV)], in the Holy Spirit you have the encouragement to press onward towards the promises of God, and in God you have the sufficiency of grace to carry you on until these promises manifest. So never quit [And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me” (Genesis 32:26, NKJV)] keep praying until God’s glory manifests in your life and the lives of others. It truly comes down to two things: do you believe in the promises of God and how bad do you want them? God did not give you a spirit of fear [For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (1 Timothy 1:7, NKJV)] , rather His essence, the Holy Spirit, that is filled with everlasting love that never fails. So now is not the time to give up, rather it is time to press, press, and press again until you see the glory of the Lord on Earth - Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:13-14, NKJV).


BE BLESSED!