Suffer for well doing

1Pe 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
1Pe 3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
1Pe 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
1Pe 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
1Pe 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
1Pe 3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

Suffering is inevitable.

We suffer so much in our life for many, many reasons and the 'eyes of the LORD are over the righteous' even in their suffering. 'His ears are open unto their prayers', even in their suffering.

We suffer and it is BETTER to suffer for well doing than for evil doing.

If a person believes they will not suffer if they are God's then they do not understand God at all. His Son suffered more than we ever could and He did so because it was the 'cup' He had to drink from. Each of us has our own walk with God. Are they perfect walks? No, none of us can lay claim to a perfect walk with Christ, we can only claim to fall at the feet of our Savior and beg for forgiveness, repenting of our wrong doing, our many, many imperfections.

We have to SANCTIFY the Lord God in our hearts.
We have to be READY to give an answer to EVERY MAN that ASKS us the REASON of the HOPE that is in US and we have to do this with MEEKNESS and FEAR.

My hope is in God, my hope is in my Savior and HIS righteousness, not any righteousness any may think I possess or don't possess.

What do we worship?
What makes up our lives?
Do we seek our Savior?
Is God a REAL part of our lives?

Do we live for ungodliness?
Do we worship ungodliness?

So many people hold so many beliefs and they don't hesitate to share them explaining them according to their belief in the Word of God, and yet their beliefs can be contrary to others.

I have a website I share with my sisters entitled - 'Who's to Say We're Right?'

We are NOT here to give the reason for our HOPE in anything but CHRIST!

As we live we can hope only in CHRIST'S righteousness, not our own in any way whatsoever.

People can keep the law to the letter. People can follow every statute they believe is meant to be kept and yet they will find NO righteousness in any of it, because the righteousness we have, the hope we have is ONLY in Christ.

We love Christ and depend wholly on Him for salvation, not on ourselves, our hope is NOT in ourselves, it can't be because we will fail miserably if we place any hope in our own actions.

By the grace of God we will follow Him and worship Him, Love HIM, live for HIM as HE wills us to do all by the mercy of our Savior.

There is a group of people who believe that we cannot say the name Jesus without invoking the false God Zeus, that those who speak the name Jesus are deceived and are going to be lead astray because they are not using the original Hebrew, the original Greek language. There are people who refuse to call their weekdays by the worldwide known Sunday, Monday, etc because these titles have origins contrary to the language of God and are from false Gods and such. There are people who live simply and hold no real ritualized Biblical practices and they are told their love of God is false when they love God more fully than those who have every 'i' dotted and every 't' crossed, they love our Savior more than those who don't ever say the name Jesus for fear they are invoking a pagan god and not the Son of God, the Son of the Father in Heaven. It is the LOVE that matters above so much that man believes matters, without the LOVE there is absolutely nothing. If those who believe they cannot say Jesus but must rather use the Hebrew language LOVE, truly LOVE Jesus they are following their hearts and their convictions and ultimately it is GOD who will judge, Jesus who will know if they are HIS or not. May we all be HIS, known by HIM!

Unfortunately here are so many whose hope is found not in Jesus, but rather in themselves and their own knowledge and these people will have to answer to God as EVERY man does, and explain to our Savior that they were wrong in NOT placing their hope in Him.

Are we perfect? NO MAN IS. We can only fall down on our knees and beg our Savior to lead us in HIS way ever lasting, in HIS LOVE.

Will we suffer? Yes. Christ suffered under the very people God had chosen to be His, they'd gone astray- losing all their true LOVE of God and yet they held their facts perfectly, rigidly. Will we suffer? YES! We will suffer, those who LOVE our Lord more than life itself, those of us who suffer living in this world longing for Jesus will be told we are not God's, by those who believe they are God's and we will suffer…suffer…suffer.

We must believe this--

1Pe 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
1Pe 3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

Let us, let all of us who love the Lord, love one another- truly- love one another and pray for the love of Jesus to be found in us.

Help us LORD, helps us to be YOURS, fully YOURS guiding all who would be YOURS to the truth and helping us to walk in the truth through YOUR love, YOUR amazing, amazing LOVE.

Let us read these verses again--

1Pe 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
1Pe 3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
1Pe 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
1Pe 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
1Pe 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
1Pe 3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

The righteous- those who live in Christ's righteousness.
Them that do evil- those who live in their own righteousness.
Followers of that which is good- followers of our Savior.
Suffering for righteousness- for being Christ's.
Be not afraid of their terror- and oh how the evil will terrorize those who are Christ's!
Neither be troubled- yes, those who are not Christ's will try and trouble you over and over yet we must keep our HOPE in Christ!
The LORD GOD made HOLY in our hearts!
Ready to answer every man that ask-- the REASON of the HOPE in us! All in meekness and fear!
Having a GOOD conscience- they that speak evil-as evildoers- may be ashamed because they are FALSELY accusing our good conversation in CHRIST!
God's will is BEST!
If we suffer for well doing- it is better than suffering for evil doing.

By the grace of God may we suffer for well doing- for loving HIM fully and not for doing any evil.

Please Lord…please help us to be fully YOURS in all ways.
Forgive us when we fall short.
Help us to find our way all in YOU and ONLY in YOU and NO other!

All by YOUR LOVE!

Amen.