Friend, for the born again Christian, the Lord, says He is with us at all times.  He is there to guide and direct our paths.  He is there to comfort and guide us to peaceful resolutions of our troubles.

He is Love and His Love is perfect.  He first loved us and gave us life.

When the path makes us stumble, He will catch us and guide us through the firery trial - just keep in constant communicatiion with Him and allow the Spirit full control.

Hebrews 13:5 I will never fail you nor forsake you.

Friend, we can set out on the Path without fear, for He is there with us and will not fail us.  Yes, along the Way we will encounter trials designed to strenghten our faith and establish our roots in the ground, but He will give us the tools we need to be the overcomer He says we are.

We will leave behind old ways and belief systems and those areas in our soul will be filled with Godly Love and Truth.

Jesus loves a broken and contrite heart.  He loves to give us a second chance.  He loves to see us win in our faith.  All heaven rejoices when we overcome the slightest thing.

God's Will, will be done!  There is no way that Satan/the world will win anything.  Have you not noticed the world is groaning?  It is not in charge.  It will do as God Wills.  Today it is groaning because the evil one has some power over it - given by a Good and Gracious and Just God.

Do you see/understand?  This is an area of meditation/thought for us all.

Friend, the happiness we are searching for is not the happiness of the world.  It seems to be so, but that is a lie from the pit of hell, designed to get you hooked and never let you go from it's clutches.

Is that drug you are using, that alcohol you are drinking, that perverted sexual energy you are using, that violence you use to abuse others, that religion that fills you with pride, that food you consume, those lies you tell, that music you listen to, that entertainment you lust after, all those things and more, are they bringing you the true happiness you were looking for?  Be honest.

I hope you are tired of it all and now are ready for the Truth.

God will reveal it to you when you are ready, tired of the old life and ready for a new life.

Just ask Him to show you He is real.

When you get this confirmation, believe on His Son as He has said that Jesus is the ONLY Way that we can get to be with the Father. We must believe in the Son. There is no other way.

All other ways that the world presents to us, are the incorrect way and are all devised for our souls to be misled.

Satan knows more about us than we do.  He knows that some souls are gentle spirits so he has devised many religions for them.  He knows some are angry and will love violence so he has ways for them to be hooked, some will love an outer  body experience and many are the drugs he has devised to please them. Some are just followers so there's all kinds of sports and entertainments and competitions for them. On and on.

Believing in Jesus is just a simple faith. We are not required to know great things.  The Spirit will teach us as He sees fit according to our willingness to accept Truths.

God has kept it simple to confuse the wise.  There is One Way - Jesus. All other ways are owned by satan/evil.

Friend, the world is constantly telling us how we must think or be.

But, God tells us how to think and be in His Word also.

Which do you think would be the correct way?

The world says we can be who we want to be whenever we want to be that way.

The world encourages us by showing us through the lusts of the eye and ear and mouth, that just about anything is acceptable.

The choices are without limit, as to who we can be or what we can think to be our own truth.

Many are the citizens of this world who choose because of something they have seen on tv for example, and have decided to live "that way."

It can be a belief system, a way of living contrary to how we were born, a choice to change ourselves through surgery or dress, or speech - all these options to change something we don't like.

But, the Holy Bible tells us that the way to change these things is to overcome in a Godly Way.

And, when we listen to the Spirit, we find the perfect way for us and usually, the easy way.  The easy way, because, finally, we have found our true path; the one that was ordained for us before we were born.

The Lord has thought out our life from before our birth.  He has a Way planned for us and the Spirit is always working with our spirit, to accomplish the Lord's Plan.

Just as God the Father had a Plan for the birth of Jesus and the crucifixion and resurrection before Jesus was born, He has a plan for us.

We have free will to choose any way but the Way of the Lord is the right and perfect Way for us and this is the Way that will bring us the most inner peace, joy and satisfaction of soul.

Friend, I encourage you to choose the Path that God has set out for you. It takes bravery and courage if you have wandered down an unrighteous path, but with the help of the Holy Spirit and His army of Holy angels, you will be victorious.  Just apply yourself to the work of God as directed by the Spirit.

Friend, the Bible tells us that the world walks in darkness.  To the unbeliever, the world is everything.  They believe in themselves or others like them who have "made it".

Today, God says to them and to the believer, come into the Light, learn of Me and find Hope.

When we reason within our own mind without the guidance of the Spirit, we will never come to the Righteous Conclusion that there is a God. Only by the Holy Spirit will we come to the knowledge of God.

He gives flashes of lightning thought, that shine brightly for a brief instant, until we decide to think about those flashes of Knowledge. This is the Spirit, communicating with you to get your attention.

It is a choice to believe. 

Friend, meditate on all the "why" questions and you will find that there is a God.  Let all preconceived ideas fall aside and listen for Truth. You will find the Truth when you seek it.  And you will find it fast when you put self aside and focus only on Truth, and accept your own assumptions as untruths quickly.

Have faith that God will teach you at the level to which you are able to understand; and put aside "self."

Decide to choose to not be seduced by the world and darkness any longer, but to seek the Light and find Love and Peace and Truth and Hope.

Choose the mind of God and the help from the Holy Spirit to enlighten you in all matters from this day forward in Light, and not the darkness of the world.

God says in Psalm 81:13a  O that My people would listen to Me.

Meditation

Scripture.  Thou art my hiding place; Thou shalt preserve me from trouble; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.  Psalm 32:7 KJV

King David describes how God sings songs of deliverance over us as we hide in Him during times of trouble. 

He uplifts, encourages and fills us with His goodness when we turn to Him - when we are brought low by trials and tribulations.

God infuses us with His Light and when we give Him our troubles. His Light will show us the way through them.  He will walk with us and help us to be overcomers and gain victory for our soul. 

If God sings songs over us, shouldn't we therefore sing praises to Him - about His Majesty and all the ways He has made for us throughout our life? 

Friend, meditate on how good God has been to you.  Look deep and you will see where His hand has stayed the enemy for your sake. Do you recognize His provision when there seemed to be no way forward?  These are your little miracles, designed just for you by a Loving God.

Give Him praise!

Prayer
Lord, thank You for all the ways You have made for me, through the mazes of my tribulations, and the victories You have orchestrated on my behalf because You love me. I will walk forward in life knowing you are singing songs of deliverance over me, and I will praise you for Your Goodness. Amen

Friend, the following is an excerpt from 2nd Corinthians where the Apostle Paul speaks about the spirit within each of us and what happens to the believer after death. This knowledge will help you in your walk with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that when this tent we live in now is taken down; when we die and leave these bodies; we will have wonderful new bodies in Heaven, homes that will be ours forevermore, made for us by God Himself, and not by human hands.

2 How weary we grow of our present bodies. That is why we look forward eagerly to the day when we shall have heavenly bodies which we shall put on like new clothes.

3 For we shall not be merely spirits without bodies.

4 These earthly bodies make us groan and sigh, but we wouldn't like to think of dying and having no bodies at all.  We want to slip into our new bodies so that these dying bodies will, as it were, be swallowed up by everlasting life.

5 This is what God has prepared for us and, as a guarantee He has given us the Holy Spirit.

6 Now we look forward with confidence to our heavenly bodies, realizing that every moment we spend in these earthly bodies is time spent away from our eternal home in heaven with Jesus.

7  We know these things are true by believing, not seeing.

8 And we are not afraid, but are quite content to die, for then we will be at home with the Lord.

9 So our aim is to please Him always in everything we do, whether we are here in body or away from this body and with Him in heaven.

10  For we must all stand before Christ to be judged and have our lives laid bare; before Him.  Each of us will receive whatever he deserves for the good or bad things he has done in his earthly body.

11 It is because of this solemn fear of the Lord, which is ever present in our minds, that we work so hard to win others. God knows our hearts, that they are pure in this matter, and I hope that, deep within, you really know it too.

Friend, our whole existence is all about Jesus.

He is the key ingredient in all of life.  He is God.

His Word, the Bible, tells us so.

When you accept this as Truth, you are well onto the Path of new life in Christ.  The one that is intended for you. The one that He died for you to have.  The one that will give you eternal life with Christ, in His Kingdom.

In the Bible, we find that He invites us to know Him and to find the Way, to Him and eternal life.

This is what He is interested in - us having eternal life with Him. 

He was crucified and resurrected for us to have it. 

There was no other reason for the resurrection.  He could have at any time risen to be with the Father; both before being crucified and at any time during His 33 years on this earth; just as He did 40 days after His resurrection, when many saw Him ascend to Heaven.  He saw how wicked we were, but thanks be to God, there were a few who were waiting for Him to appear and they are the ones who listened and obeyed Him and spread the Good News of Jesus to the world.

God the Father had a Plan to deal with evil (Satan and his followers) and it included Jesus being born of a virgin and living and walking among us for 33 years. Then the crucifixion and resurrection and walking among us again for 40 more days, then the ascencion.

All the accounts of His life that we need to know, are in the Bible.  From them we learn so much about our God. We see how Just He is, how Loving, how all Powerful and all Knowing He is and how Forgiving!

When you get to know more about Jesus, His Heart and Holy Spirt and Father, you will see in a complete new Light.