Going
through Pre-Rapture trouble
By Eric William King
Many of us
are feeling anxiety today due to the
experience of pre-rapture trouble. When we watch the news
there is so much uncertainty. People have lost hours at work and many have lost
their jobs. As Christians we have something in the midst of all of this that non-believers do not have. We have hope
and we have peace – shalom!
We read in
the prophet Isaiah the Lord says; “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness
and trust is your strength…”
Sadly God
goes on to say that many refuse this. Many people including Christians who are
out of fellowship with God will never find the strength and peace through these
times if they are not honest with themselves
and God. We need to repent daily
and watch how we think and let the
Holy Spirit control all of our thoughts.
In Philippians
4:6 we are also told to make known all of
our needs and wants. Having a personal relationship with God also means
that we read His word and let Him talk back to us. Finding true rest in times
of trouble means trusting in the Lord and bringing Him
into your trouble through prayer. Even when it feels like He is not listening
He is, He is always working behind the scenes.
We are told
to dwell in “the secret place of the Lord”. That inner Sabbath
is found in knowing that God sees everything that you are going through and
everything that you are experiencing. As Christians we understand that our spirit and soul need proper nourishment and this means that we eat from “the bread of Life” daily. To be spiritually strong enough
to go through we must eat right and rest right.
Many a times
we “walk
through the shadow of death” knowing that we made it because of the Lord
(Psalm 23:4).
God’s true people are called “the protected ones”. This does not mean that we will
never feel pain, loss, hurt and even death. As Christians if we suffer we
realize that it is to make us stronger
and this doctrine is not accepted by the world’s standards. We can have
ultimate peace when we look at Jesus Christ on the cross who took away our sins
and paved the way for us to go be with Him forever.
The grace and love of Jesus Christ is
real. You can
experience a true relationship with your Creator. He has given us so many things
including His word. I would challenge you to remove all the “toxic”
relationships from your life, people who refuse to understand you as a
Christian or at least accept you for who you are – let them go. Bad company spoils good manners.
We can
never create a “perfect” environment
down here but we can learn to navigate through this fallen world with the help
of Jesus Christ who lives inside of all true Christians. Praise the Lord and be thankful
everyday for your life and the things that He has provided. When bad thoughts
or depression try and wedge their way in stop, pray, and thank the Lord. Think
on good things and begin to realize that you are here just passing through into
something much, much greater – you are headed towards the Kingdom of God.
My prayer for
you today is that you find the true rest
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Learning
daily to rest in the finished work of my Lord, God, and Savior – Jesus the
Christ.
Eric William
King (September 7th 2020)
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