Thinking about suffering and loss as I read of Christians in Mosul and hear of death and pain among friends and relatives this summer. Listening to a talk by Joni, who knows a little about these things. Heres a quote: And so He keeps sandblasting us, leaving our souls raw and exposed but that is all that we might be better bonded to the Lord Jesus Christ because when our hearts get beating in rhythm with His, O my goodness, heavens joy comes cascading down, spilling and splashing up and up in our hearts, rushing out to others in streams of encouragement and rising back to God in an ecstatic fountain Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation. And theres nothing sweeter than experiencing the joy of the Lord Jesus in the midst of suffering. We are then, as it says in 1 Corinthians 6, Sorrowful, but yet always rejoicing. Being poor, but yet making many rich, having nothing and yet possessing everything. People often ask me, theyll say, Dont you think God was just laying on you a little too much? Cancer on top of chronic pain, on top of decades of quadriplegia? Well is it too much for me? Would it be too much for you if that were Gods choice of lemon in your life? To this you were called, it says in 1 Peter 2. Because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in His steps. O my goodness, I want to follow in His steps. And if my Savior learned obedience that the things which He suffered, Im not above my Master. God is still doing a deeper healing, testing and trying and seeing if theres any offensive way in me. gty.org/resources/print/sermons/TM13-2
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:19:53 +0000
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