Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? —Matthew 8:26
“When we are afraid, the least we can do is pray to God. But
our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His name have an underlying
confidence in Him. God expects His children to be so confident in Him that in
any crisis they are the ones who are reliable. Yet our trust is only in God up
to a certain point, then we turn back to the elementary panic-stricken prayers
of those people who do not even know God. We come to our wits’ end, showing
that we don’t have even the slightest amount of confidence in Him or in His
sovereign control of the world. To us He seems to be asleep, and we can see
nothing but giant, breaking waves on the sea ahead of us.[…] .. it is when a
crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely. If we have been
learning to worship God and to place our trust in Him, the crisis will reveal
that we can go to the point of breaking, yet without breaking our confidence in
Him.[…] peaceful resting in God, which means a total oneness with Him.” CHAMBERS
There is nothing more painful than to watch other Christians
go through difficult times, unprepared. By unprepared, I mean that they have
been living their lives trusting themselves . .scraping by … or maybe
flourishing and then the bottom drops out.
They have been trusting in themselves but they have failed themselves ..
Since they have not learned to trust God, they have nowhere to turn. They have made life choices that are contrary
to the Word. Stacked the deck against
themselves. Believed that there was
nothing that they could not manipulate to their advantage .. and then “BOOM”,
everything collapses. They begin to ask
where God is. Why He hasn’t come to
their aide. The reason is that their
hearts are far from Him. What they need
to do is repent. Does that sound
insensitive to you? Someone who has a
broken heart and you say repent?!? Someone
who is facing financial collapse and you say repent ?!?
They must set their heart right as the first step in
recovering from misfortune. Everything begins
and ends with a right relationship with God.
Being sorry that something has happened is not enough. Confessing their sin is not enough. Repenting is what they need to do. Turning away from self-righteousness and
self-dependence .. and turning toward God.
Does that mean the financial collapse will be avoided? Probably not. Does that mean that relationships will be
restored? Maybe not. Well, except for one. Their relationship with their Father in
heaven. There needs to be spiritual restoration,
first. ELGIN
“Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful
face. And the things of earth will grow strangely
dim, in the light of His glory and grace.”
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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