"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?"
Romans 8:35
12 "Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life."
Proverbs 13:12
If only for this life we have hope in Christ,
we are of all people most to be pitied.
1 Corinthians 15:19
The scriptures tell us many times that trouble will come. Its so easy to council others when we are spared! But how do we handle things when hardship hits us? Do we believe what the Scriptures say, or is the Bible full of a bunch of feel good axioms that help dull the pain, giving us false hopes?
No Christian will escape the pruning, refining process-trials, hardships, stormy times, sometimes maybe so devastating, that it's all we can do just to keep breathing, where we literally ask God to take us, to spare us any more pain. Have you ever had that big QUESTION MARK in your brain? So many questions swirling inside your mind when at that moment there seems like no answers for, situations where we frankly ask, "Where is God in all of this?" When the wicked seem to have the upper hand, when a spouse or loved one hurts us deeply, when children suffer and die, when we are faced with life threatening illness; when you work diligently, tithe and give generously, lend freely, and then one bad business decision strips everything away leaving you living paycheck to paycheck, or we have a million other possible difficulties slam into our lives?
During these times there is only one thing we can do, really. When the tears are exhausted, when we have expended our anger, grief, fear, sorrow, we have to lean on our Abba Daddy. Like Peter said to the Lord Jesus, "Where else should we go to? You have the words of eternal life." (John 6:68)
When situations are hard, we must press in harder, pray and seek casting our cares on Him.
The Lord's shoulders are much bigger than ours, and we have every confidence, every assurance in how he cares for us and loves us.
He will never leave us or forsake us...He said it...we can believe it.
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?"
Romans 8:35
12 "Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life."
Proverbs 13:12
If only for this life we have hope in Christ,
we are of all people most to be pitied.
1 Corinthians 15:19
The scriptures tell us many times that trouble will come. Its so easy to council others when we are spared! But how do we handle things when hardship hits us? Do we believe what the Scriptures say, or is the Bible full of a bunch of feel good axioms that help dull the pain, giving us false hopes?
No Christian will escape the pruning, refining process-trials, hardships, stormy times, sometimes maybe so devastating, that it's all we can do just to keep breathing, where we literally ask God to take us, to spare us any more pain. Have you ever had that big QUESTION MARK in your brain? So many questions swirling inside your mind when at that moment there seems like no answers for, situations where we frankly ask, "Where is God in all of this?" When the wicked seem to have the upper hand, when a spouse or loved one hurts us deeply, when children suffer and die, when we are faced with life threatening illness; when you work diligently, tithe and give generously, lend freely, and then one bad business decision strips everything away leaving you living paycheck to paycheck, or we have a million other possible difficulties slam into our lives?
During these times there is only one thing we can do, really. When the tears are exhausted, when we have expended our anger, grief, fear, sorrow, we have to lean on our Abba Daddy. Like Peter said to the Lord Jesus, "Where else should we go to? You have the words of eternal life." (John 6:68)
When situations are hard, we must press in harder, pray and seek casting our cares on Him.
The Lord's shoulders are much bigger than ours, and we have every confidence, every assurance in how he cares for us and loves us.
He will never leave us or forsake us...He said it...we can believe it.
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