Though
the fig tree does not bud
And
there are no grapes on the vines,
Though
the olive crop fails
And
the fields produce no food,
Though
there are no sheep in the pen
And
no cattle in the stalls,
Yet,
I will rejoice in the Lord,
I
will be joyful in God my Savior.
The
Sovereign Lord is my strength. (Habakkuk 3:17-19 NIV)
The
Prophet Habakkuk knew his God would never fail him
And
so he praised the Lord,
Even
in the most dire of circumstances.
Praise
to God brought his salvation and it will bring ours.
About
midnight Paul and Silas were praying
And
singing hymns to God,
And
the other prisoners were listening to them.
Suddenly
there was such a violent earthquake
That
the foundations of the prison were shaken.
At
once all the prison doors flew open,
And
everybody's chains came loose.
The
jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open,
He
drew his sword and was about to kill himself
Because
he thought the prisoners had escaped.
But
Paul shouted, 'don't harm yourself! We are all here.'
(Acts
16:25-28 NIV)
Paul
and Silas had just been beaten,yet they praised God.
The prison they were in was shaken by a violent earthquake.
Today,
God Almighty is shaking everything that can be shaken;
The prison of a world controlled by Satan is shaking.
Everything
that is not of God will be done away with;
The
world and all its ways will be done away with,
And
only that which is of Christ will remain.
Those
who love Him will praise him throughout the shaking;
They
will praise Him until the doors of the prison fly open.
And
the world is no longer under the control of Satan,
But
the kingdoms of the world have become the Kingdom of our Lord
And
He shall reign forevermore;
And
we shall reign with Him, Hallelujah!
God
Almighty gave mankind “Time,” six thousand years to turn to Him.
Many
did, but most did not.
"Time”
is about to end. The time for choosing will end.
Those
who chose the Christ of God, belong to Him and He to them.
Everyone
else will be sent to a devil's hell.
God
called every living person, but most did not answer.
The
sacrifice of Christ Jesus on the cross of Calvary;
This
ultimate sacrifice, was not sufficient for them.
They spurn the coming of Emanuel as a baby in a manger
That we celebrate this Christmas.
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