Well yesterday we started this discussion about life. Through looking at the lives of Dr. MLK Jr. and Jesus we found out that although life may throw you to be surprised at times, we can handle those things diligently if we would choose to put things in the right priority.
Well today we're going to go a little further with using the lives of Dr. MLK Jr. and Jesus to show how life is also about survival. In Matt.10:22 Jesus tells us, "And everyone will hate you because of your allegiance to me. But those who endure tot he end will be saved." Both of these great men teach us about survival through the type of life that they lived and the things that they did. They were both spit on and humiliated as they marched from town to town for what was right. There was a lot that they had to endure in order for them to make the difference that has been made by them taking a stand. Dr. MLK Jr.stood for equality and justice for all, regardless of race, creed or background. Jesus came and was the ultimate sacrifice for each and everyone of us as we were headed and on our way to hell.
We have to realize that things in our life may not always go the way we plan for it to. We won't always have what we want and some people won't always do what they said they would do. Even from this scripture Jesus have already told us that we will be hated because of the allegiance that we have with Him, but we can rest assure that if we stay committed to God and be in allegiance with Him then our life will be more rewarding than we could ever imagine, because by no means was there ever promised to us a problem free life. Dr. MLK Jr. and Jesus both knew that the road they were about to travel was going to be very rewarding in the end, but I'm sure they also knew that it was going to come with some pain. They knew it was going to come with some heartache and suffering, but they also knew that they had to survive for the greater good of what they were called to do. Please understand that we were called to do something far greater than what we could even probably imagine, but we just have to be willing to tap into that which we've been called to and then step out on faith to start making it happen.
Trust and understand that life itself isn't easy, but truly in order for us to make it through this life and for us to be the person in whom God has called us to be, it is so very important that we survive. Not just survive in order that we might make it but also survive for those who are depending on us to make it. The words to Hezekiah Walker's song says it best:
"I need you, you need me.
We're all a part of God's body.
Stand with me, agree with me.
We're all a part of God's body.
It is his will, that every need be supplied.
You are important to me, I need you to survive." Be blessed! -AJH
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