None Of These Things Move Me

ACTS 20:24 NKJ “But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.”

Every now and then, believers are tempted to give up on their faith in God whenever the least thing seems to go wrong in their lives. The Apostle Paul suffered many things: beatings, stoning, and shipwreck, yet he called them “light afflictions”, (2 Corinthians 4:8-9, 2 Corinthians 4:17). We are enlisted in God’s army, and we are in a battle to enforce the defeat of Satan and free men from his grip. The devil is against us. While we know our victory is sure, we should not expect to never face obstacles or difficulties (2 Timothy 2:3). Let us constantly remind ourselves that there is a life in heaven and a future world. We would be unwise to live as if this life is all there is. While we are on earth to occupy victoriously till Jesus comes, we should not forget eternity and focus only on the present. We must hold on to our faith in God, no matter how things seem to be going at the present. Because of our limited understanding, our ability to evaluate things accurately is limited. Our wonderful Lord Jesus can be trusted. He loved us enough to die in our stead, so we could go free. We must be determined not to be moved by things our enemy does to get us off our faith in God’s Word, for we walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). We should not be moved by what we see. We should not be moved by what we feel. We should be moved only by what we believe. We believe the Word of God.