Never Leaving.

Let's not kid ourselves. We don't live the Christian live we need to. None is perfect, no not one. I think often our excuse is that we don't know where God is. Quote, unquote. We have so many excuses not to follow Christ, but at the end of the day, they are just that. An excuse.

I don't know where God is!

Following him is just too hard!

I don't know how to follow him!

Shut up. Really. Sorry to sound abrasive, but let's be honest. We know exactly where God is, and we know it's worth the cost, and we know exactly how to follow him. It's all in his word. Let's check it out.

Romans 8:38-39

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

NOTHING can separate us. 

2nd Corinthians 4:8

"We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed"

1st Peter 5:9-10

"Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that  the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you."

Romans 8:18

"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us."

2nd Corinthians 4:16-18

"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."

God is right where he's always been, and today, he leaves you no excuse NOT to worship him. Our doubts, our suffering, our problems are not big enough. Worship him, in spirit, and in truth.

Much love,

Matt Allen

THE 'ETC REVOLUTION' IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORIZATION OF SCRIPTURE AND BEING ABLE TO USE IT TO NOT ONLY ENRICH OUR WALKS WITH CHRIST, BUT TO FURTHER THE KINGDOM OF GOD BY SHARING HIS LOVE AND WORD TO EVERYONE WITH LOVE, COMPASSION, ENCOURAGEMENT, PRAYER, AND WISDOM. ETC STANDS FOR 'EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE,' WHICH IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM 2 CORINTHIANS 10:5