A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN IN WORD WHEN CLOUDS GATHER, WE GET DISCOURAGED. ITS A NATURAL REACTION. OUR EYES TELL US TO RUN FOR COVER, TO HANG FOR SURVIVAL, OR TO PREPARE TO DIE. AND WE BELIEVE OUR EYES. WE PUT AN AWFUL LOT OF FAITH IN WHAT THEY TELL US.WE LET THEIR INFORMATION SINK INTO OUR HEARTS AND THRIVE THERE- NO MATTER HOW PAINFUL THAT IS. PAUL GIVES US A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN. HE TELL US HOW TO HAVE JOY, PATIENT AND FAITH. WE ARE O PLACE OUR HOPE NOT ON WHAT OUR EYES TELL US--THAT IS TOO OFTEN HOPELESS--AND WE ARE TO PLACE OUR FAITH IN GOD. WHEN THE CLOUDS GATHER, WE ARE TO GATHER TO HIM. WHEN FACED WITH A CHOICE BETWEEN LETTING THE CLOUDS OBSCURE HIM OR LETTING HIM OBSCURE THE CLOUDS, WE ARE TO CHOICE THE LATTER. NOT TO DO IS TO OVERESTIMATE OUR PROBLEMS AND TO UNDERESTIMATE OUR GOD. OUR PERSPECTIVE ARE DISTORTED EASILY. WE ARE HABITUAL TWISTERS, MAKING DARK THINGS OUR SUREST TRUTH AND GODS LIGHT OUR MOST UNCERTAIN REFUGE. SUCH A DISTORTION IS A SURE RECIPE FOR DESPAIR. INSTEAD, WE ARE TO BELIEVE WHAT THE WORD AND THE SPIRIT TELL US, REGARDLESS OF THE WITNESS OF THE CLOUDS. GOD MUST ALWAYS LOOM LARGER. UNTIL WERE TRAINED IN THIS PERSPECTIVE, OUR MINDS ARE NOT RENEWED. IN DEED SO WHAT ARE THE DETAILS OF THE PRESCRIPTION? 1. WE ARE TO FIX OUR EYES ON HOPE AND TO BE JOYFUL ABOUT IT. GOD HAS GIVEN US A GLIMPSE OF REALITY: HIS STRENGTH, HIS KINGDOMS INEVITABILITY, HIS PROMISE OF INTERVENTION, HIS ETERNAL REWARDS. WHY WOULD WE LET A FEW CLOUDS UNDERMINE THOSE CERTAINTIES? 2. WE ARE TO BE PATIENT IN AFFLICTION. THOSE REALITIES ARE INVISIBLE FOR A TIME, BUT THEY WILL BE CLEAR SOON ENOUGH. AND 3. WE ARE TO BE FAITHFUL IN PRAYER. WHY? NOT BECAUSE PRAYER CHANGES THINGS, BUT BECAUSE GOD CHANGES THINGS AND WE MUST COMMUNICATE WITH HIM. HIS INTERVENTION IS NOT ARBITRARY; IT IS THE RESULT OF THE GIVE-AND -TAKE OF RELATIONSHIP, AND PRAYER IS THE MEANS TO THAT RELATIONSHIP. WHEN WEVE FOLLOWED THIS PRESCRIPTION , WELL NOTICE A REMARKABLE CHANGE: CLOUDS DONT SEEM TO MATTER SO MUCH ANYMORE. -----TO ALL FILIPINOS HAVE FAITH AND BELIEVE
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:37:39 +0000
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