(Job 6:13) Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me?
This
is a reality that hits home all too often and yet I know that I am exactly
where I need to be through these trying times, God is stripping the rot from my
character and teaching me to trust and obey Him along the way. It is such an
unnatural mind-set that I know that without faith it would be impossible to
implement if God had not given me His Spirit. The mercy of God on display in my
life, many would look at an apparent struggling man and condemn him as damned
if he is viewed on a carnal level. But when we peel away at the outer layers of
the shell we soon see many examples in scripture where others also had to bear
the brunt of their rebellion. Nevertheless if God has begun the work in a
believer’s life, He will see it through until completion, of that I am
convinced. Why? Because God is perfect and it is impossible for Him to fail,
perfection will never accommodate failure that would be impossible. It is
simple mathematics; ask yourselves this question, is God perfect? If you agree
then you must conclude that nothing can be added to His perfection, for if we
could add to it all that would prove is that He was never perfect to begin with,
which would be ludicrous.
Our
faith must be rooted upon a foundation of perfection. If we can arrive at that
conclusion with all our hearts then we will always be able to face whatever the
day throws at us. This does not mean, we welcome calamity, but it does mean
that we understand it’s purpose, which would be to arm our minds with an
understanding that the One who is perfect is in control and not our
circumstance. Our situation must never swallow us up to the extent of unbelief,
for that only proves that we walk in the flesh, which is destructive and full
of sin. The cushier our lives may become the less we will rely on God’s
provision to see us home. Independence opposed to dependency upon our God and
Father in and through the finished work of our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
As we feed off our helper, God the Holy Spirit, who leads us into all truth.
It
is a mentality foreign to this world and its systems. They say they are blessed
when they are able to compete with the Jones’ but we say that we are truly
blessed when we have peace with God. Wherever we find ourselves today let us
remember that our perfect God and Father is at work with our unbelief and
teaching us to walk by faith; “If God is for us who can be against us”?
Therefore let all who confess Jesus as Lord squeeze a little tighter on the
hope that is ours in Him. We needn’t look far to see another brother with
greater trials in their life who have also has been called to walk by faith.
Our measures may vary in accordance to God’s calling upon our lives but the
same spiritual weapons are available to every true Christian and we must learn
to use them when needed.
In
conclusion, I am not undermining the pain that we may feel when the screws are
tightened in our lives and God teaches us many valuable lessons through our
pilgrimage here on earth. If it wasn’t needful, it wouldn’t be part of our
lives, of that I am sure. In our watered down day of lukewarm Christianity
discipline in our lives is often due to our own folly, but either way God is
graciously conforming us into the image of His Son. Let us therefore rest in
His ability to get us home come what may. To God be the glory now and forever
more, Amen and Amen!
There
is a day coming where every tear will be dried up, where there will be no more
pain, a time where we will hear our Saviour confess our names before His Father
and where our Father and God will utter these marvellous words; “The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he
will be my son.” (Revelation 21:7) – How I long for that day, but until then let
us encourage each other with the hope that is ours in Christ. Even so come
quickly Lord Jesus!
Signing off
Tyrone
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