GOOD AFTERNOON PWIF YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE PRAY FOR A SPECIFIC REMEDY, ONLY TO RECEIVE A SEEMINGLY ILLOGICAL ANSWER... TRUTH BE TOLD... GODS WAYS ARE NOT OUR OWN... LETS TAKE NAAMAN, FOR AN EXAMPLE... NAAMAN, CAPTAIN OF THE SYRIAN ARMY, WENT TO ELISHA THE PROPHET TO BE HEALED OF LEPROSY... WHEN NAAMAN ARRIVED, ELISHA SENT A MESSENGER TO TELL NAAMAN TO DIP 7 TIMES IN THE JORDAN RIVER (2 KINGS 5:9-10).... NOW THE WATERS OF THE JORDAN RIVER WERE NOTORIOUSLY UNPLEASANT... NAAMAN SAW NO CORRELATION BETWEEN BATHING IN THOSE WATERS & BEING CLEAN, MUCH LESS BEING CURED OF LEPROSY... NAAMAN ALMOST MISSED HIS BLESSING BECAUSE HE FELT HIS SOLUTION DIDNT FIT HIS SITUATION... BUT OUTSIDE OF GOD NOTHING COULD SAVE HIM... SO HE PUT AWAY HIS PRIDE & DIP 7 TIMES... WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE MURKY WATERS AFTER THE 7TH DIP HE WAS FREE FROM LEPROSY.... QUESTION FOR YOU?... HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU REFUSED GODS BLESSINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT PACKAGED THE WAY YOU HAD ENVISIONED?... GOD ANSWERS US IN THE MIDST OF OUR MOST DIRE NEEDS, YET WE RUN THE RISK OF MISSING HIS PROVISION IF WERE LOOKING FOR IT TO ARRIVE A CERTAIN WAY.... FOLKS, DONT DISREGARD GODS SEEMINGLY ILLOGICAL INSTRUCTIONS... WHEN GOD GIVES AN INSTRUCTION THAT MAKES NO SENSE, HE IS PLANTING A SEED THAT CAN BE NURTURED & HARVESTED ONLY THROUGH FAITH.... I READ AN ARTICLE YESTERDAY THAT LEFT MY SPIRIT VERY DISTURBING... THERE IS THIS PERSON WHO HAS BEEN PASTORING OVER 25YRS. THAT IS NOW SAYING GOD & PRAYER DOES NOT EXIST... YOU CAN PRAY ALL YOU WANT TO & THINGS WILL NOT CHANGE... & IF THEY DID, IT DIDNT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF PRAYER OR SOME GOD, THAT, MOST CHRISTIANS BELIEVE IN... BUT WHAT IS SADDER THAN THAT, THERE WERE A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE THAT FOLLOWED HIM BY AGREEING & BELIEVING THIS.... I CANT JUDGE ANY OF THEM... BUT IM GONNA DEFINITELY PRAY FOR THEM... WITH ALL THE PAIN MY CHILD BE IN & ALL SHE IS BATTLING, I STILL TRUST GOD WITH HER LIFE... BECAUSE NOTHING IS DONE WITHOUT HIM KNOWING... I WILL LOVE & TRUST HIM WHETHER HE CONTINUES TO SPARE HER LIFE OR TAKE HER HOME... BECAUSE IN THE END OF THE DAY & EVERY DAY THAT WE BOTH SHALL LIVE, I KNOW HE IS IN CONTROL OF IT ALL.... I WILL NEVER DROP AS LOW AS TO TELL ANYONE TO TURN FROM GOD NO MATTER WHAT I MAY ENDURE... FOR ONE, I AM HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE WORD OF GOD FOR WHAT I TEACH.... BUT THIS GUY DOESNT BELIEVE THAT, HE ALSO MADE A STATEMENT, JUST BECAUSE ITS IN THE BIBLE DOESNT MEAN YOU SHOULD PREACH IT!! HE MUST HAVE MISSED THE SCRIPTURES (2 TIMOTHY 3:16 & PROVERBS 30:5).... OR MAYBE NOT.... PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT MY CRITICISM IS BY NO MEANS AN ATTACK ON THIS PERSON, PERSONAL CHARACTER.... BUT AS FOR ME I RATHER BE CAUGHT RUNNING THROUGH A BARN-FIRE IN A PAIR OF GASOLINE-DRAWERS BEFORE I PAST BLASPHEMY AGAINST MY SAVIOR!!... HALLELUJAH JESUS!!.... IM GONNA LOSE A FEW OF YOU RIGHT THERE... BUT I RATHER GET CAUGHT WALKING IN TRUTH, THAN TURN A BLIND EYE TO ERROR... EVERYBODYS IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINION... BUT AS I SAID BEFORE ILL SAY IT AGAIN... AS FOR ME & MY HOUSE WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.... I CLOSE WITH A VERSE FROM (ROMANS 12) I SAY LET NO MAN AMONG YOU NOT TO THINK MORE HIGHLY OF HIMSELF THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK (.V3). & MAY I ADD... THE WARFARE SEASON MAY LAST LONGER THAN ONE PRAYER IT MAY LAST LONGER THAN YEARS... JUST DONT GIVE UP OR GIVE IN... GOD IS OUR ROCK & HIS GRACE & MERCY SOFTENS OUR DIFFICULT JOURNEY... AS (ROMANS 8:31) SAYS, IF GOD BE FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? GOD BLESSES THE READER & HEARER!!
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:43:03 +0000
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