We all go through our battles.

I don’t know who needs to hear these words but I wanted to share with you words from God that I absolutely needed to hear today.

“For the battle is not yours, but Gods” (2 Chronicles 20:15).

“Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you” (2 Chronicles 20:17).

God doesn’t ask us to figure it out.

God asks us to trust and obey him.

Do life God’s way. Do struggles God’s way. Do difficult people and challenges God’s way.

Trust God.

Obey God.

“He passed away, to no one’s regret” (2 Chronicles 21:20).

He – passed away – to no one’s regret.

WOW!!!

That’s in the Bible!

This is in reference to one of Judah’s kings – Jehoram. You can read about him in 2 Chronicles 21. He was not a good guy. He killed all of his brothers after he became king. He was a terrible king. He lost territory to the enemies of Israel. And, most of all, he led Judah to sin against God.

2 Chronicles tells us: “The LORD around against Jehoram the hostility of the of the Philistines and the Arabs who lived near the Cushites. They attacked Judah, invaded it and carried off all the goods found in the king’s palace, together with his sons and wives. Not a son was left to him except Ahaziah, the youngest. After all the, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain” (2 Chronicles 21:16-19).

But the worst thing written about Jehoram is the statement – “He passed away, to no one’s regret.”

Yikes!

Unfortunately, I’ve met some people like that. I’ve had to do a memorial for people like that. It’s really sad.

Don’t let that be you. That you have the opportunity to read these words means that God is giving you the opportunity to get things right with God and with the people around you.

Seek peace. Seek reconciliation. Seek forgiveness. Seek to forgive.

Most of all, get your life right with God while you have the time.

Don’t be this guy.

“Unless you repent, you too will perish” (Luke 13:5).

Repent and keep on repenting.

What’s that about?

Firstly, anytime we are given the opportunity to repent, such a time is given to us because of grace and mercy. That we can read these words and hear the invitation to repent means that God is giving us the chance to repent and get right with God. That’s grace. That’s mercy.

If you have never received Jesus as Lord and Savior and if you are reading these words, your time is right now. Receive Jesus as Lord and Savior. The way you do that is to pray and say, “Jesus, I am a sinner in need of a Savior. Forgive my sins. I submit to you and your ways.”

Secondly, repentance is not a one time event. Repentance is an ongoing, never-ending posture. Why? Because every single Christian is a repeat sinner. Even after Jesus has saved us, every Christian continues to battle sin until our dying breath. Because we are repeat sinners, we must be repeat repenters.

Repenting is like brushing your teeth. Imagine if you said, “You know, I’ve already repented. Jesus has already saved me. I’m good with the whole repentance thing.” That’s kind of like saying, “You know, I brushed my teeth once. I’ve already done that. I’m good with the whole brushing my teeth thing.”

Yuck! That would be gross!

Exactly.

Because we keep sinning, we need to keep repenting. If we don’t – that’s just gross!

Repent and keep on repenting!