2Co_12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake:
for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Is this truth?
YES, it is truth.
Paul said- HE takes
pleasure in INFIRMITIES- do we?
HE takes pleasure in
reproaches.
HE takes pleasure in
persecutions.
HE takes pleasure in
distresses.
ONLY when they are
for CHRIST'S SAKE.
He lives for CHRIST.
And when a person truly LIVES for CHRIST, they KNOW that all their seeming bad
luck and misfortune is an opportunity to suffer FOR Christ. There is NO blaming
God for the torture in any of its forms. There is a comprehension that whatever
befalls us will work towards the ultimate will of God. We TRULY believe this--
Rom_8:28 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.
ALL THINGS - the
GOOD and the WORST THAT CAN EVER HAPPEN- will somehow, someway that we may not
ever be able to imagine- things will work together for good. When we are under spiritual attack - attacks
that take on many forms of very real evil - it isn't easy to see how things
will work out. When our pain and suffering is more that we fear we'll ever be
able to bear, when the worst of the worst happens and we can't imagine anything
worse taking place, it is extremely HARD for us to hold onto the faith we need
to hold onto.
Unfortunately we
often would rather give into the evil than face the pain in any of its forms.
Satan counts on this weakness in us. Satan exploits our every single weakness.
I've been doing my
most recent studies on the following writings-
Practice the Presence of God - by
Brother Lawerence
And He truly lived
practicing the presence of God.
He lived his life
daily in the presence of God, he PRACTICED the presence of God. He made it a
constant exercise to bring his mind back to God all the time. He wasn't
perfect, he failed constantly and constantly he drew himself back to God. He
didn't let his constant failures derail Him from living in the presence of God.
Now more than ever
we need to do the same. We need to
practice the presence of God when we feel LEAST incline to practice the
presence of God. We need to turn our
thoughts to God always.
2Co_12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake:
for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Can we say this? We
need to say this. When we are WEAK then we are STRONG and the only way we can
be STRONG when we are weakest is when we are in the presence of God.
Please Lord, please
help us be in Your presence, help us!
In the name of our
Savior, Jesus Christ, our Lord now and forever!
AMEN.
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