God Has Prepared for Those Who Love Him

It is difficult for the natural (without the Spirit) human mind to comprehend who God is, what he is about, and why he does things the way that he does. For our God works in many ways which are beyond human understanding and realization. For what he sees as good, the human mind may not see as good at all. For even our trials and our tribulations are for our good, to bring us closer to our Lord, to teach us humility, to strengthen us in our walks of faith and endurance, and to make us more loving and compassionate, too.

And through our trials and tribulations the Lord may open new doors of ministry for us, and new opportunities to share the gospel of salvation with the people of the world. And he may take us through some very hard and troubling times, but they are in God’s divine purpose and will for our lives that we should go through these trials. Our natural instincts might be to just want it all to be over and done with so that we can go on with our normal lives, but sometimes God interrupts our lives to teach us and to use us.

So, we who believe in Jesus Christ with God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in the Lord Jesus should surrender our lives to the will and purpose of God for our lives. We should accept setbacks, pain, suffering, tribulations, and trials as God working his will and purpose in our lives for our good and for his glory. And we should submit to his sovereignty and to his Lordship over our lives and let him do his work of grace in our lives in molding and in making us into the likeness of character of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

But this isn’t just about trials & tribulations and the testing of our faith and our endurance, but this has to do with the truth of the gospel of salvation, too, and what it means to believe in Jesus and to be one of his followers. For the natural (of the flesh) person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, because they are spiritually appraised. So why is it that so many professers of faith in Jesus Christ are completely lacking in understanding of the gospel message that Jesus taught to us?

I believe it is because they did not receive the Spirit of God into their lives, but they received the spirit of the world, instead, because they believed the lies and not the truth. And they did not test what they were hearing against the Scriptures taught in the correct biblical context, but they just believed what someone told them was the truth. But in today’s world, at least here in the USA, the lies (half-truths) are what are multiplying and are gaining ground and are being accepted as truth by what seems to be the majority.

And if you are someone who is teaching “the whole counsel of God,” i.e. the truth of what God’s word teaches us, especially as it regards our salvation, in its correct biblical context, you are probably being faced with some rejection, opposition, persecution, false accusations, mistreatment, and snide and spiteful remarks. And your persecutors could be “the religious” within the “church gatherings” who believe the lies and who are living the lies and not the truth, and so they might turn on you and cast you off and far away.

But Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

What the Lord Says

Based off Isaiah 43:1-44:5
An Original Work / February 24, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

This is what the Lord says to you:
Fear not, for I have chosen you.
I have summoned you by your name.
You are mine. I died, you to save.

When you go through your trials, so deep,
I will be with you; you will not sink.
You are so precious always to me.
Trust in your Lord, Savior and King.

This is what the Lord says to you:
He who gave salvation to you;
Who delivered you from your sin;
Takes your burdens now upon Him:

Forget the former things of your life.
Give of your heart not now up to strife.
See all the new things I have for you.
Walk in vict’ry. Trust in what’s true.

This is what the Lord says to you:
He who made you; who will help you:
Do not fear what humans may do.
Walk in freedom. Follow what’s true.

Drink of my Spirit given for you.
Trust in my mercy, for I love you.
I have a plan for all of your life.
Follow my ways. Do what is right.


God Has Prepared for Those Who Love Him
An Original Work / September 28, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love