I have been thinking some more on your post here and it made me go back to my Christian life..when I was first born again. I thought things would go smoothly because God was for us. Obviously..that was wrong thinking..
I believe the so-called wilderness experiences are really God's storehouses. They expose everything to the life of Christ in us.
Sometimes we have troubles - not because we have done something wrong -- but because we are doing something right. Satan comes immediately to steal the word that was sown in our hearts.
Sometimes God protects us from the trouble and sometimes He allows us to go through it.
Psalm 66:12 (NASB)
[SUP]12 [/SUP] You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance. Spoils of war do not come unless there has been a battle.
There is always an abundance in all things in knowing Him. He is our true treasure!
I believe the so-called wilderness experiences are really God's storehouses. They expose everything to the life of Christ in us.
Sometimes we have troubles - not because we have done something wrong -- but because we are doing something right. Satan comes immediately to steal the word that was sown in our hearts.
Sometimes God protects us from the trouble and sometimes He allows us to go through it.
Psalm 66:12 (NASB)
[SUP]12 [/SUP] You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance. Spoils of war do not come unless there has been a battle.
There is always an abundance in all things in knowing Him. He is our true treasure!
You have a beef with name it and claim Peter, not grace.
I am pretty sure that the folks that I line up with grace on this forum are "healers", "tongues", "God doesn't want you sick(physically)" and that ALL the gifts of the Spirit are active. Not me.
We have the word, His problem solving devices for our lives, and we go through sickness,problems,distress to GLORIFY Him. Not to get out of the problem.
Its not the problem that is the "problem".......It is how we solve the problem. And to wimp out and not figure out how to solve the problem and just pray for the end of it...........is failure in Gods plan.
We don't pray to get out the suffering, we use HIS solutions to get through the suffering.
I am pretty sure that the folks that I line up with grace on this forum are "healers", "tongues", "God doesn't want you sick(physically)" and that ALL the gifts of the Spirit are active. Not me.
We have the word, His problem solving devices for our lives, and we go through sickness,problems,distress to GLORIFY Him. Not to get out of the problem.
Its not the problem that is the "problem".......It is how we solve the problem. And to wimp out and not figure out how to solve the problem and just pray for the end of it...........is failure in Gods plan.
We don't pray to get out the suffering, we use HIS solutions to get through the suffering.