Seed for May 28

Job 14:1
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
(KJV)

It doesn't take long in life for trouble to come. It comes to everyone, old, young, tall, short, Christian or not. Life is full of trouble. The question is not "Will I face trouble"? The question is "How much trouble will come my way today"? I think that we need to be prepared in our lives for problems, but you must put the problem in right perspective. Have you ever noticed how problems affect a man in a coffin? It doesn't matter what you say, or do, or what happens to a man in a coffin, the problems that come seem to have no affect. Why is that? Well, obviously he is dead, so problems don't affect him. That brings me back to a certain Christian reality that we in Christ have. We are dead. We died in Christ, when He died. We were buried with in baptism and then rose as a new creation. The old man was crucified with Christ. Unless you see what really happened on Calvary 2000 years ago, the enemy, Satan, will fool you into believing problems are yours to deal with. Satan will try to convince you that you are very much alive...forget what God says, and deal with these problems. They are not yours to deal with, if you are dead! We need to see ourselves dead and lying in that coffin and Jesus alive and well in our mortal bodies. That is the fact of the Word of God. It is not a matter of how I feel...but is it a matter of what God says. Let's read it together:

Rom 6:11
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(KJV)

"Reckon" is an accounting term, just like 1+1 =2. So reckon it so, why? Because God's word says so.

Now when problems come...and they will. Remind yourself you are dead to them, and remind the Lord that all problems are His to deal with. Be blessed.