It Ain’t Easy.
I feel like we may have been misled. Most of us were told to repeat the sinner’s prayer. We were assured that by doing this, we would be saved. After saying the sinner’s prayer, most of us were led to believe that living for Jesus was going to be easy. But it ain’t easy.
It ain’t Easy
As a nine-year-old boy, I repeated the sinner’s prayer and was saved. Yet it was not the words I prayed that saved me; it was my faith in Jesus. At the time, I did not understand much about Jesus, but I trusted Him. The amazing thing is, He understood everything about me, yet He still trusted me with the gift of salvation.
Yes, it is easy to receive salvation. You don’t have to do anything or say anything. All you have to do is trust Jesus and follow Him. Still, regardless of what you may have been led to believe, it ain’t easy to live for Jesus after you’re saved. I know. I am sixty-nine years old. I have been saved since I was nine. Yet I still struggle with the same sins I struggled with as a teenager. I thought it would get easier, but it didn’t.
Jesus never promised that walking with Him would be easy. He told us that in this world, we would have trials and tribulations. But He did promise that His grace would be sufficient. The perfection of His power is revealed when we are weak. So, when I struggle with sin, I know the Lord God helps me, and I will never be disgraced.
For this reason, I am determined to be hard-headed as I face the world, and I know I will never be put to shame. It is Jesus Christ who has vindicated me, and He will never be far from me. Together with Him I will stand because life in this world ain’t easy.
From the Bible
“For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith.
As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life. You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry. But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works.”
Psalms 73:24-28 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.73.24-28.NKJV
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
Email- douglas@pavementendsministry.com
It Ain’t Easy
