Many will be Offended!

In my reading this morning I ended in Matthew 24: 1-14. The verses from 9 to 13 caught my eye.

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he that endures to the end shall be saved.”

These words and the surrounding verses are important for us. If we know in advance the truth, we can endure with his help and have an easier time coming to grips with the realities we may face and truthfully have faced. Not that we should stay focused on these, but it is important to look at and prepare our hearts for our roads ahead. There is joy and goodness to be enjoyed even when life is very hard.

On a more positive note today I ended up with a book I have been wanting to read, there had been no plan for this. I had a lot going on in the morning and as I came and went about I cued up something to watch later when I could. When I finally returned to watch it the title of my book was in a few places of what I was watching. Now this tells me that God is very much involved in our lives. It is not a new show I was watching and I hadn’t even barely breathed a word about this book. It made me know he is orchestrating my days even in change and facing the unknown. I pray your eyes would be aware of his interventions into your days. He loves you and I! He will keep us!