Seeing the true reality of what we are getting through. (09/01)

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Seeing the true reality of what we are getting through.

  • “He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.” (Lamentations 3.12,13).

When we are going through a predicament, our first impulse is to whine and set about anything that keep this problem at bay. Our inclination is pass over excerpts of the Holy Scripture as:

  • “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8.28).

Nonetheless...

  • “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as all of you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, all of you may be glad also with exceeding joy.” (1Peter 4.12,13).

If even Jesus, that was perfect, had to learn the obedience (Hebrews 5.8), the more so us:

  • “For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?” (1Peter 4.17).

Furthermore, the difference between blessing and curse has nothing to do with what is delightful or unpleasant to our flesh, but with our deportment amidst the tribulation: diffidence before Jesus and His word or boldness? A discomfited situation can be our valley of the shadow of death wherein we will be able to rejoice of the banquet of Jesus and to be affluent of the divine anointment (Psalms 23.4,5).

May Jesus give us good eyes (Matthew 6.22,23; Luke 11.33-36; Revelation 3.18) that vouchsafe us the privilege of seeing all the beauty of the day that we are living, but that, many times, seems so murky, but it is the best of the Creator so that we can reach a promising future. Have a good day.