Given To Jesus

We will continue also to believe in His Word. We believe, not because of any good thing in us. We believe because of what we are. We are His sheep -- the people chosen by the Father given to Jesus. And we are so motivated to persevere in our belief, because of the preservation He is doing to us. Continue, then, to believe that He gives us now life. We do not just exist. We live as new born children of God. Holy and obedient children. Safe. Secured. Continue to believe His promise, “Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book” (Rev. 22:7).

Persevere to follow the Biblical Jesus. Persevere to believe and follow Him, not only when He is leading you through green pastures or besides still waters. Persevere to follow and obey Him even “through the valley of the shadow of death.”

CONCLUSION:

In closing, remember the Filipino, who was given to adoption by his mother? While in Norway, because he looked different, he experienced getting bullied. So he persevered to succeed in life “to prove those who bullied him wrong.” When he graduated there in high school, he was at the top of his class. No wonder he finally became the CEO of his own company.

If you are given by God the Father to Jesus, you would think and behave different from the other people. Expect to be bullied. Expect even to be persecuted. But persevere to believe and follow Jesus. You will rejoice in greater success. Not just in the future, but even now. No success can match to have not just a Norwegian father, but to have the Sovereign God, as your Heavenly Father.