01/02/2020 - DO NOT FRET NOR BE ENVIOUS

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Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of the wicked.  Proverbs 24:19

In this message we will study the Father’s will for our lives. We do not always fix our eyes on Jesus, allowing ourselves to be led by concepts and decisions that don´t come from God´s heart. It is right to serve Him, but it is wrong to be tormented by the acts of evildoers. Jesus’ command is to save sinners, not to urge them to stop sinning. This is missing the target!

Our purpose should be to love the Lord only — to have and keep the commandments. But we have forgotten this and developed a mortal hatred against the actions of those who do not know the Truth. We do not have to change “the stripes of zebras”, but fight to get the lost to act correctly. Don’t let the devil take off your focus!

Our fight is not against flesh and blood (Ephesians 6:12). Our aim must be to remove the wicked out of the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of the Son of his love (Colossians 1:13). Only we can lead to salvation those who walk to destruction. Then, after that, they will hate filthiness and start acting like us. May we have mercy on them!

When the target is wrong, our soul lives in bitterness. But by understanding what God wants us to do, beyond the peace that will flood our hearts, success will be far greater. Jesus did not go to the places of sin to implore the wicked to stop walking tortuously. At noon He went to Jacob’s well to save the lost Samaritan. With the wisdom of Heaven, we will also rescue lives!

Those who ignore the little commandments live as if they were not the Lord’s servant. Such people have a way of speaking that seems more victorious than the faithful children of God. Now this is not the mission He has given us. No human creation replaces divine orders. When meeting the Savior, the lost is transformed by the Holy Spirit. Do you remember the Greeks who wanted to see Jesus? (John 12: 20-42).

The various kinds of sins are committed by the wicked, and this should not surprise us. Being in the realm of the enemy, they satisfy the will of the being that rules over them, whose purpose is to kill, steal and destroy (John 10:10). This fact should really not trouble us. The sinner’s way of behaving shows his unpreparedness for eternal life. If we obey the Father, unbelievers will also convert.

Live in fellowship with the Lord, by the Word and prayer, and He will use you greatly. Denying yourself is the remedy to be an instrument in the hands of the One who loved and saved us. Try to set aside a few hours of your precious time to stand before God. Then you will see what it is to do His will. God loves you!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares