Friday, February 26, 2016

We are only strong when we are in the presence of God

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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