When God has a plan for an individual, He often begins with discipline in the form of affliction and sorrow.
Sometimes a storm brings people to their senses and arouses their consciences until they cry to the Lord.
Submit cheerfully. There is no affliction that comes by chance. We are not left to the misery of believing that things happen independent of a divinely controlling power. Not a drop of bitter ever falls into our cup unless the heavenly Father’s wisdom places it there. We dwell where everything is ordered by God. Whenever adversity must come, it is always with a purpose. And if it is God’s purpose, should I wish to escape it?
We have blessed assurance. “All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called to His purpose. (Rom. 8:28).
Adversity is a healing medicine and not a deadly poison. Thus, without a murmur drink it all and say with your Savior, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will” (Mat. 26:39).
1 Corinthians 2:9
“However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him."
Kids look forward to Christmas, Disneyland, and summer vacation. They imagine how great those things could be. Christians look forward to heaven and dream of seeing the Lord face to face, of being reunited with those we love that have gone home to the Lord before us, and of sharing in the glory of Jesus and his angels. But we can't even begin to imagine the great things that God has prepared for us.
They are far more glorious than anything we can dream or imagine. So let's anticipate being surprised and live with passion for the cause of the Kingdom knowing that any loss, any wound, any trouble, will "not be worth comparing to the glory to be revealed in us." (Rom. 8:18)
Thoughts
+ Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins. - Thomas Brooks
+ I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. - Charlotte Bronte
+ There is no hell on earth like horizontal living without God. - Charles Swindoll
Sometimes a storm brings people to their senses and arouses their consciences until they cry to the Lord.
Submit cheerfully. There is no affliction that comes by chance. We are not left to the misery of believing that things happen independent of a divinely controlling power. Not a drop of bitter ever falls into our cup unless the heavenly Father’s wisdom places it there. We dwell where everything is ordered by God. Whenever adversity must come, it is always with a purpose. And if it is God’s purpose, should I wish to escape it?
We have blessed assurance. “All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called to His purpose. (Rom. 8:28).
Adversity is a healing medicine and not a deadly poison. Thus, without a murmur drink it all and say with your Savior, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will” (Mat. 26:39).
1 Corinthians 2:9
“However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him."
Kids look forward to Christmas, Disneyland, and summer vacation. They imagine how great those things could be. Christians look forward to heaven and dream of seeing the Lord face to face, of being reunited with those we love that have gone home to the Lord before us, and of sharing in the glory of Jesus and his angels. But we can't even begin to imagine the great things that God has prepared for us.
They are far more glorious than anything we can dream or imagine. So let's anticipate being surprised and live with passion for the cause of the Kingdom knowing that any loss, any wound, any trouble, will "not be worth comparing to the glory to be revealed in us." (Rom. 8:18)
Thoughts
+ Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins. - Thomas Brooks
+ I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. - Charlotte Bronte
+ There is no hell on earth like horizontal living without God. - Charles Swindoll
very encouraging article
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