There are times in life when your flesh wants to have its own way, and it would be so easy to do wrong; but you must always do what is Bible right. Jesus is our example, and He always did right when it would have been easier not to. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:6–8). Jesus didn’t have to die for the sins of man; He willingly gave His life so all people could be saved and have eternal life.

If you had to die for someone, wouldn’t it be easier to die for someone who was righteous and did you good than it would be to die for an evil person who did you wrong? Jesus came to Earth and took on flesh like ours. He had the same feelings and temptations we have, yet He always did right. Because of His great love for mankind, He willingly died for sinners and brought the solution for the whole world.

As a child of God, you will be faced with many obstacles on life’s journey. Jesus said, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come (Luke 17:1)! How will you respond when insults, persecutions or other wrongdoings come to you? Will you through love do what is right when it would be easier to do wrong? If you do, you will be acting like Jesus; and then He can move to bring you out of your situation.

Some of you may want to seek revenge; but the Bible says, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord (Romans 12:19). You must turn your enemies over to the Lord and let Him take care of them while you go on helping people. When you seek revenge, it makes the problem bigger.

David Chose God’s Way

King Saul was a very humble person when God chose him to be the first king of Israel. Saul didn’t want to be king, and he even hid himself away when it was time for him to be ordained; but sadly, that all changed over time. He became full of ego and failed God miserably.

At one time, Saul wanted to kill David because he was jealous that David had killed Goliath; and Saul did make several attempts on David’s life. Then one day, David was in a position where it would have been easy for him to have killed Saul, but David did right when it would have been easy to do wrong; and he said to Saul, Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed (I Samuel 24:10).

The fact that David had spared Saul’s life really affected Saul. And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil (I Samuel 24:16,17). When you choose to do right, people will notice; and it will affect them. Every time a trial comes your way, you have a chance to do what is right when it may be much easier to do wrong; but God’s love will always do what is right.

Do Not Be Easily Offended

The Lord gives His children divine love, but you have to use that love and do what the Word says. God’s love will do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets (Matthew 7:12). Love will deny self and follow Jesus. He said, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me (Matthew 16:24).

Divine love will bring solutions to problems instead of making them bigger. When things are not going your way at home, at your job or anywhere else, do you become part of the answer or part of the problem? Do you make a big deal when someone does something to you? When you try to take care of things your own way, it just causes trouble.

When someone puts you down, they want you to be offended and react the wrong way so they can say, “I told you that person didn’t have any salvation.” Peter said, For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God (I Peter 2:20).

You waste so much time and lose so much ground when you try to even the score with people, and the Bible teaches against that. If you handle your offences in the wrong way, you are no better than the person who offended you. You showed the wrong spirit just like they did, and that is no good. God sees all, and He knows who is doing right and who is doing wrong; so you must always do what is right in His eyes.

Become a Spiritual Adult

You must grow up in the Lord so you can do what is right when it is easy to do wrong. Paul said, When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things (I Corinthians 13:11). It is childish to be offended and always want your way. Love is the answer, and the Lord will always give you more love. When you feel like you can’t forgive a person for what they have done to you or said about you, go into your prayer chamber and have a visit with the Lord; and you will come out in a different manner.

Children tend to be needy and self-centered, and it is easy for them to do wrong. They are only concerned about their own little world and what makes them feel good. You can’t be like that. You have to grow up and become an adult in the Lord and stop being self-centered because you are not your own. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's (I Corinthians 6:19,20). We must all be servants of the Lord in this final hour.

The Lord Loves a Contrite Spirit

Prayer, fasting and living in the Word will keep self buried and give you a humble, contrite spirit that is precious in the sight of God. I humbled my soul with fasting (Psalm 35:13). The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit (Psalm 34:18). If you have a broken heart, the Lord will heal it.

When the Lord took my wife, Angel, home to be with Him, my heart was broken into pieces; but I didn’t blame God. No, I stayed humble in my spirit before the Lord, and I let it be the making of me. That valley helped me to really feel the sufferings of others. I thought I was sympathizing with people who had lost their mate, but I realized I wasn’t until I had experienced it myself. Oh, I cried with them, talked with them and prayed with them; but I didn’t really understand what they were going through until I had gone through it myself.

The Lord said, I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones (Isaiah 57:15). The Lord will revive His humble people.

Look to Jesus First

During crisis situations in this life, first responders arrive quickly to help save lives and assist those in need. When people will allow those first responders to have their way and do their jobs, the results are much better.

In your crisis situations, you must let love, faith and the Word be the first responders to assist you. Then you should do what the Bible tells you to, not what pleases you. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves (Romans 15:1).

Jesus didn’t please Himself, and He made the first move to bring salvation and forgiveness to a sinful world. He didn’t wait for man to treat Him right before He did right, and He made salvation possible for all. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners (I Timothy 1:15). In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace (Ephesians 1:7).

Through Jesus and His shed blood, you can have eternal life in Heaven; so you have nothing to fear or be sad about. At the close of the Word of God, it says His children win. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:14,17).

Always remember from this moment on that you are a winner, and let it make you stand as tall as Jesus stood when He walked on the Earth. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ (Ephesians 4:13).

You Must Forgive

You must follow in Jesus’ steps and learn to forgive others when it is easier not to. Jesus said, For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses (Matthew 6:14,15).

Taking the easy way out is the wrong way. The Bible says, Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you (Ephesians 4:32). It’s easy to get upset and say things you don’t mean and hurt others, but the Bible says you are to take time to be kind. It doesn’t glorify God when you carry a grudge against somebody or hold on to your hurt feelings.

Paul said, To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also...Lest Satan should get an advantage of us (II Corinthians 2:10,11). If the devil can’t get you to do wrong, he will worry you; so you must know his tactics and not listen to him. You can shut out people you don’t want to hear, and you can shut out the devil too if you want to.

Let God anoint your ears so you can hear only from Heaven because all good things come from Heaven. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1:17).

Seek Peace and Edification

When misunderstandings arise, you must be a peacemaker even when it would be easier not to be. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God (Matthew 5:9). Those in the family of God are to have great love one for another. Jesus said, By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another (John 13:35). When you truly love your brothers and sisters in the Lord, you will suffer when they are suffering; and you will rejoice when they are rejoicing.

Paul said, Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another (Romans 14:19). You must always speak unto edification, especially when it is easier to gossip, criticize or tear down others.

Paul had much to say about this subject. He told Timothy to shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness (II Timothy 2:16). He told Titus to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men (Titus 3:2). He told the Ephesians to let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers (Ephesians 4:29).

Paul told the Hebrews, Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14). This is not speaking of man’s holiness but the holiness of Almighty God. He said, Be ye holy; for I am holy (I Peter 1:16). He also said, The soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:20). Not one speck of sin can get into Heaven.

The Power of the Word

You must let the Word prevail in all situations just as the Early Church disciples did. Then the Word can go forth to work for you. So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed (Acts 19:20). It may be easier to act according to your feelings, but there is nothing like the Word of God to clear out confusion. For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints (I Corinthians 14:33).

You have to let the Word work within you. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord (Colossians 3:16).

The Word defeats, overcomes and destroys that which is against God. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Hebrews 4:12).

God gave us His Word so we could use it. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves (James 1:22). Some of you read the Word just like you would read a story; and you think, “That’s nice.” Then when a crisis strikes, you allow self and feelings to take over and dictate your response rather than going to the Word.

You must know without a doubt that the Word can defeat all the powers of the devil. It can give you strength and good health. It can solve your problems and give you all the answers you need. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (II Timothy 2:15). When people have respect for God’s Word, they will do what the Word says even when it would be easier to give over to self.

Jesus Is More than a Man

If you don’t do right and instead choose to take the easy way out, you will cut off your blessings. The Bible gives many examples of people who did just that. God intended for people to be blessed, but they had their own ideas and wanted to do things their own way; and judgment fell.

In Jesus’ day, many of the people in Nazareth hindered God from blessing them. They believed that their Messiah would come, but they had their own ideas of how He would arrive; and they never thought He would come as the son of a lowly carpenter who lived among them in Nazareth.

When Jesus was grown, He returned to Nazareth and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath where He prepared to read some scripture to the people. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:17–19).

When Jesus had finished reading, He sat down and then said, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country (Luke 4:21,22,24). Jesus was anointed of God, and the people marveled at His gracious words; yet they cut off their own blessings by only seeing Him as Joseph’s son.

Obedience Brings Blessings

So many people are missing out on the blessings of the Lord in our day too. Even so-called Christians are taking the easy way out and not living like they should, so they cannot see Jesus in action just as the people in His day could not. And he [Jesus] did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief (Matthew 13:58).

Jesus told of how Elijah was a prophet of God in Israel, but many people did not receive him as a prophet; so God could not bless them. During the time of a great famine, God sent Elijah to a certain widow because she believed he was a prophet of God.

When Elijah arrived, the woman had just enough oil and meal left to make one last cake for her and her son; and then they would be left to starve to death. Elijah told her to make a cake for him first and that the Lord would then take care of her. In that situation, it would have been easy for that woman to think Elijah’s request was ridiculous; but she did the right thing and obeyed. As a result, the Lord sustained her and her family throughout the remainder of the famine. And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah (I Kings 17:15,16).

God Rewards Humility

Naaman was the captain of the Syrian army, and he was a leper. His wife’s handmaiden told him he should go to Israel to see the prophet Elisha, whose God would heal his leprosy; so he set out to find Elisha. Namaan had his own idea of how the miracle should take place, and he expected Elisha to come out and pray for him; but that is not what happened.

So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage (II Kings 5:9–12).

Naaman was insulted and mad, and he chose to act the wrong way. Thankfully, some of his servants convinced him to heed Elisha’s words, so Naaman humbled himself and did what the prophet of God had told him; and he received his miracle. And his [Naaman’s] servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean (II Kings 5:13,14). Naaman almost missed his miracle because at first, he did not choose to do right when it was so much easier for him to be upset and do wrong.

Accept Godly Discipline

This is an hour in which the discipline of the Holy Spirit is very strict, and you must learn to appreciate that discipline. The Lord is only coming for people without spot, wrinkle, blemish or any such thing. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:27).

You can only be spotless by always doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord. When the Lord corrects you for something, you must thank Him and honor Him for that correction; but some people won’t take correction, not even from God. They are self-willed, and that won’t work with the Lord.

If you don’t take God’s discipline and live in obedience to His standard of holiness, you will be like a child who receives no discipline from his parents. The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame (Proverbs 29:15). If you don’t heed to the reproof of the Holy Spirit and do right when it’s easy to do wrong, you will bring shame to your heavenly Father.

This is an age in which more people than ever do not want reproof of any kind. Teachers who give discipline in our schools can be arrested and brought up on charges. Many people feel contempt toward anyone who points out things they may be doing wrong. They see reproof as a threat instead of something that will help them, and they feel the same way about God’s reproof.

Of course, no discipline is pleasant, but it is for your good. Now no chastening [correction or discipline] for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby (Hebrews 12:11).

You may think that everything you do is all right, but that doesn’t make it God right. You must take time to examine yourself to see if there is any truth to the correction you are receiving. Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves (II Corinthians 13:5).

Decide to Please God

You have to know your way in this last hour. You have to know in whom you have believed and know that He is pleased with your life every waking moment. You can’t afford to short-change God because the Rapture is just ahead. How can you face Him when you fail to spend time with Him or win souls for His Kingdom?

If you don’t have Jesus in your life, you are failing God every day. Won’t you decide that you want to please Him and do right? Pray the sinner’s prayer with me now: Oh, God, I am lost. I am so sorry I have failed you, and I want to serve you for the rest of my life. Forgive me of my sins and wash them all away with your precious blood. I love you, Lord, and I believe in your blood. I believe you died for me; and now, I will live for you. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in!

If you meant that prayer, the Lord has come into your heart and made you a new creature in Him. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (II Corinthians 5:17). Serve Him and read your Bible. Pray much knowing He hears every one of your prayers, and doing some Bible fasting will help you too.

Receive the Spirit

Now, you need to go on and receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Lord has let me know that no one will make the Rapture without Him, and you need the Holy Spirit, the divine teacher, in this last hour to help you choose to do what is right. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you (John 14:26). If you don’t have the Holy Ghost, seek Him, tarry until you receive Him and never doubt Him. Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high (Luke 24:49).

Once you are filled with the Spirit, you must take your place as a member of the bridal company. Before Jesus ascended into Heaven, He instructed His disciples to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. And he [Jesus] said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned (Mark 16:15,16). And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen (Mark 16:20). The Early Church disciples let nothing stop them, and you can’t let anything stop you either. You must help take the Gospel to the whole world before Jesus comes.

Healing Can Be Yours

If you need healing today, agree with me now in prayer. I am not the healer; Jesus is the healer, but I believe in the power of prayer. Lord, I bring the cancer patients, the heart patients, the diabetics and those who are crippled in any way to you. I bring those with AIDS and those who need deliverance of any kind. I bring the sick babies and those born with just part of a brain. Lord, you have healed so many of all of these conditions, and I believe you will do it again. Heal! Heal! in the holy name of the Lord!

The healing power is now flowing to you. Feel His holy presence. If you believe that prayer, the Holy Spirit is injecting the greatness of God into your body or into the body of the loved one you have prayed for. Watch yourself or your loved one get well and know that great victory is yours in this last and final hour, victory that comes through the power of the Holy Ghost. The Lord is reaching to you with armfuls of blessings, so don’t turn Him away.