I ran across wonderful truth words. It's the truth I feel. The truth I live. The truth I look for all around me.
Have you ever heard a testimony similar to this? A person loses his job, prays to the Lord for help, and then finds another job with a better salary in just a couple of weeks?
While we can all rejoice with that person, many times the situation does not turn around that quickly. Sometimes it may even get worse in spite of our most earnest prayers.
I wonder if the angels rejoice even more so in a testimony like this one: “Things got bad, I prayed, they got worse, I prayed again, they didn't improve. But I am still trusting in God and praising Him.”
Courtesy of Compassion International: http://blog.compassion.com/why-do-we-follow-the-lord/#ixzz1xfacVwIY
What if...
...the disease doesn't go away.
...the problem personality doesn't soften.
...the mother-in-law doesn't become more encouraging.
...the husband doesn't get more spiritual.
...the family member doesn't come to the Lord.
...the poor family doesn't stop hungering for daily bread.
...the child doesn't remain in the faith.
...the problem neighbors don't move away.
...the bank gets the house.
...the tumor gets bigger.
...a second miscarriage occurs.
...the infertility never resolves.
We live for improvements, for success, because we don't see with God's eyes. We don't understand the brevity of this life. The weight of problems--either our's or someone else's--bury us. We fail to see past them. But God sees. God never stops working to win souls to himself. One more soul. That's His heart.
The challenge of this life is not to solve the latest problem, but to adopt God's heart. God's eyes. The real problem is not the mother-in-law, or the disease, or the lost job.
The real problem is our vision.
Prayer Time: Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for the cross. Thank you for your commitment to winning souls, above all else. Thank you for Eternity. We can't understand it all, Lord, but we want to see with your eyes anyway. Please help us. Please heal us of a here-and-now mentality. May we focus on the lost souls, instead of the lost jobs. May we be your hands and your feet, and your heart, to others. May we keep our eyes on you.
In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
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9 comments:
The challenge of this life is not to solve the latest problem
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Love this! There IS so much more available to us as we start to see the world through God's eyes of love.
xo
I thank you, Janae, for stopping by here.
I think of the verse that says our afflictions are light and momentary even though they rarely feel that way. {II Cor. 4-17}
oh christine... amen. that's all. just amen.
Oh, yes- hanging on even when He doesn't do what we ask is SO HARD. And that's the kind of faith I want to have. Love this post.
Quote: "The challenge of this life is not to solve the latest problem, but to adopt God's heart. God's eyes. The real problem is not the mother-in-law, or the disease, or the lost job.
The real problem is our vision."
This is very true Christine.
Wendy
P.S. Thank you for your prayers... so very much appreciated at this personally difficult time.
Oh Christine How I love your blog. I tell you the truth reading it has helped me draw closer to God than than some sermons. We are still out of town but I had to stop in and get a word of encouragement :) I was not disappointed, Thank you!
Thank you Tesha for the sweet comment, and to everyone for stopping by. I appreciate you!
Praying for you is a pleasure, Wendy. Love to you. You bless.
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