Saturday, May 21, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Extract from When Faith and Belief Collide
God never wastes pain. He always uses it to accomplish His purposes. And His purpose is for His glory and our good. Therefore, we can trust Him when our hearts are aching or our bodies are racked in pain. Trusting God in the midst of our pain and heartaches means that we accept it from Him….. An attitude of acceptance says that we trust God, that He loves us, and knows what is best for us.
Fixing our eyes on Jesus keeps the big picture ever in front of us - that God is on His throne, that we are loved, that He is at work in the present moment accomplishing His purposes. Even this situation will work for His glory and my good. No matter how strong the enemy appears or how many wounds we receive, we already know how the story will end, and there is ample cause of joy in this.
But the most substantial reason for our joy is in the delight we find in God Himself. Paul’s joy (imprisoned and suffering) was tied to a Person, for he had fixed his eyes on Jesus. He considered everything a loss in comparison to knowing God (Phi 3:8).
Fixing our eyes on Jesus keeps the big picture ever in front of us - that God is on His throne, that we are loved, that He is at work in the present moment accomplishing His purposes. Even this situation will work for His glory and my good. No matter how strong the enemy appears or how many wounds we receive, we already know how the story will end, and there is ample cause of joy in this.
But the most substantial reason for our joy is in the delight we find in God Himself. Paul’s joy (imprisoned and suffering) was tied to a Person, for he had fixed his eyes on Jesus. He considered everything a loss in comparison to knowing God (Phi 3:8).
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