We need to
check if we have the necessity to meet the needs for survival in this world.
Have you
ever planned a camping trip? If you haven't it requires lots of planning, and
preparation. First you locate the place where you will be camping, then find
out the best time to go. After that it's time to gather all your gear together
and make sure you have a check list on all the items you will need for your
camping adventure.
Planning
your camping trip requires early planning.
Now let's
talk about our survival kit for a Christian. There are many needed requirements
for survival as a believer in this world, and one most important is Salvation. 2
Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may
also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
When we are
in this world we need to protect ourselves from the filth of it. ("SIN").
It's like forgetting to put on bug spray when you are out in the wilderness
trying to keep the mosques of your body from bitten you. The word of God is
your preparation guide to a planned journey in this life.
Ephesians
6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil.
Let the
blood of Jesus cover you and the word of God guide you.
Psalm 121:7 The
LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
Camping
could be lots of fun, but there are also dangers as well. As we surround
ourselves with Jesus Christ in our life the adversary is always on the watch to
make you fall.
Job 30:26 When
I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light,
there came darkness.
Think of
camping in the wilderness, and think of snakes, bears, alligators spiders etc.
There are many dangers that could ruining your fun. As believers in Christ we
need to realize that living in this world we are going to experience dangers
alone the way, but not to stop us from doing what the Lord wants us to do.
Think about this? If we planned a camping trip, we are aware of the dangers
that lurk in the wilderness, but we still go.
The Lord
tells us to be aware of the dangers, but the Lord will not leave you or forsake
you.
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be
without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he
hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
John 16:33 These
things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye
shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Romans 5:1 Therefore
being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Matthew
28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and,
lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
How about
food for survival? Yes, we need food. When we pack our food for our camping
trip we need to remember the food that we pack must be food that will not go
bad unrefrigerated, because there will not be no electricity to plug in an
appliance. This is like always be ready for the any situation as a believer in
Christ, Jesus.
Remember
when Jesus Christ fasted and was praying for 40 days and 40 nights in the
wilderness?
Matthew 4: 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And
when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou
be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man
shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and
setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast
thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning
thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou
dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt
not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high
mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I
give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then
saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered
unto him.
Deuteronomy
8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna,
which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee
know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
The point of
the matter is that our strength is in the word of God. We could survive solely
on the word of God to get us through life. Jesus is the master builder of your
life.
Pastor
Rolando Ramos
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