In a moment of terror, my earthly fear produces no good thing. In the physical aspect of my life, it might overwhelm my good judgment, my ability to devise an approach to a successful resolution to it's cause and brings destructing harm to my body.
In the spiritual aspect of my life, fear may reveal a hidden distrust of my Father - my divine benefactor, teacher, loving provider and fierce, omnipotent protector.
There are moments in life, that my mind may come to question if left to wander. But if I belong as a child to the God who reigns over universes and every thing in them - the Ultimate Father, who's professed His boundless love for me, then my only recourse is to force my mind to cling to the truth of His promises and trust all that I am to His care with submission and resolve.
There are those who use their free will to do evil in this world with the freedom we are given. There are those who use their freedom to make life and health choices that bring about their own physical demise and there are some who choose to use their free will intentionally to cause hardship to others. Sometimes, we use our own freedom to make choices that bring harm to our own lives. God is not responsible for these. He laments over the choices that some men make with the gifts that He gives them and for the evil that man himself brought into the world by bringing corrosive sin into the realm of creation. But for His children, faithful to trust Him and wait in patience, He faithfully profits them in the midst of their tribulation.
What we may see with our eyes and what our minds may struggle to process, do not limit the power of our Father to overcome on our behalf. He does not lie and He is not unfaithful to His love for us, but His economy of eternal value overrides our temporary physical reality. What this means is that He sees beyond our temporary circumstance to the reality of our eternal existence and deals with us on that basis. He deals with us in ways that our limited understanding and wisdom may not be able to comprehend. So what we are left with and what He watches for ... is our faith in Him - a child's trust in its doting Father. This is not weakness, but the pinnacle of our strength. Through our faith in Him, our weakness is overcome by our connection to our all powerful Father, whose love for us goes beyond what anyone can measure...
The Apostle Paul:
"When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think." Ephesians 3:14-20 (NLT)
We have an instruction manual for this life given by the One who omnipotently set life's parameters and made the rules. Its wisdom goes beyond any advice given by any man to prove profitably fruitful in any situation in life. The only question that might remain... is whether or not we employ our free will to faithfully use it...
"No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8 (NLT)
In the spiritual aspect of my life, fear may reveal a hidden distrust of my Father - my divine benefactor, teacher, loving provider and fierce, omnipotent protector.
There are moments in life, that my mind may come to question if left to wander. But if I belong as a child to the God who reigns over universes and every thing in them - the Ultimate Father, who's professed His boundless love for me, then my only recourse is to force my mind to cling to the truth of His promises and trust all that I am to His care with submission and resolve.
There are those who use their free will to do evil in this world with the freedom we are given. There are those who use their freedom to make life and health choices that bring about their own physical demise and there are some who choose to use their free will intentionally to cause hardship to others. Sometimes, we use our own freedom to make choices that bring harm to our own lives. God is not responsible for these. He laments over the choices that some men make with the gifts that He gives them and for the evil that man himself brought into the world by bringing corrosive sin into the realm of creation. But for His children, faithful to trust Him and wait in patience, He faithfully profits them in the midst of their tribulation.
What we may see with our eyes and what our minds may struggle to process, do not limit the power of our Father to overcome on our behalf. He does not lie and He is not unfaithful to His love for us, but His economy of eternal value overrides our temporary physical reality. What this means is that He sees beyond our temporary circumstance to the reality of our eternal existence and deals with us on that basis. He deals with us in ways that our limited understanding and wisdom may not be able to comprehend. So what we are left with and what He watches for ... is our faith in Him - a child's trust in its doting Father. This is not weakness, but the pinnacle of our strength. Through our faith in Him, our weakness is overcome by our connection to our all powerful Father, whose love for us goes beyond what anyone can measure...
The Apostle Paul:
"When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think." Ephesians 3:14-20 (NLT)
We have an instruction manual for this life given by the One who omnipotently set life's parameters and made the rules. Its wisdom goes beyond any advice given by any man to prove profitably fruitful in any situation in life. The only question that might remain... is whether or not we employ our free will to faithfully use it...
"No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8 (NLT)
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