Trials and Pain
The devil, things and people being what they are, it is necessary for God to use the hammer, the file and the furnace in His holy work of preparing a saint for true sainthood. It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.
The Root of the Righteous, 157.
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Trials and Pain: Cooperate With the Inevitable
Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content. –Philippians 4:11
This idea was once expressed better by a simple-hearted man who was asked how he managed to live in such a state of constant tranquility even though surrounded by circumstances anything but pleasant. His answer was as profound as it was simple: “I have learned,” he said, “to cooperate with the inevitable.”…
Though we cannot control the universe, we can determine our attitude toward it. We can accept God’s will wherever it is expressed and take toward it an attitude of worshipful resignation. If my will is to do God’s will, then there will be no controversy with anything that comes in the course of my daily walk. Inclement weather, unpleasant neighbors, physical handicaps, adverse political conditions–all these will be accepted as God’s will for the time and surrendered to provisionally, subject to such alterations as God may see fit to make, either by His own sovereign providence or in answer to believing prayer. Born After Midnight, pp. 64-65
“How can I complain in the light of the worderful gift of Your Son, born to give life-and victory? Work Your will in my life today as I celebrate the incarnation and all that it entails. Amen.”
On this day...
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- Antinomianism - 2015
- Antinomy - 2015
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- He stood in awe of my name. True instruction was in his mouth - 2015
- A book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name - 2015
- Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity - 2011
- Be afraid of standing still - 2011
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