Your Life & Mine   

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   Why do we sometimes side with the enemy, in conflict with our Savior?

   Our lifespan is like a fleeting shadow.   Psalm 144:4. 
   Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath...   Isaiah 2:22.

   What is your life? You are a mist...   James 4:14. 
   Our days are like grass... Psalm   103:15. 

   Are we sufficiently humbled?

   After living a life of pleasure and materialism, Solomon reflected:

   As for men, God tests them so they may see that they are like the animals. Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both. As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal.  Ecclesiastes 3:18-20.  

   Our few days are truly blessed if we take refuge in God our fortress, our deliverer. Psalm 144:2. 

   We have examples of those who sided with God, no matter what.

      Abraham chose obedience despite an alarming command. Genesis 22:2.

      Joseph refused to sin, costing himself two years in prison. Genesis 39:7-9.

      Job praised God when he could have accused him. Job 1:20-22.

      John the Baptist relinquished his fame when Jesus appeared. John 3:30. 

      Peter walked on water, later denied the Lord, then died for him.

      Paul boldly preached the Word despite many troubles, and death threats. 

   John, the disciple, wrote: The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. 1 John 2:17.

Tomorrow: He is coming again