Title: Is Your God an All the Time God?
Text:
Philippians 4:11 (HCSB)
11 I don't say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
Romans 8:28 (HCSB)
28 We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.
Observation:
Does your testimony only work when you have had a mountain top experience with God? We spend most of our life in the valley. It is in the valley where we experience the sunshine and the rain; the calm and the storms of life.
What is your disposition when bad things happen to good people? Is your God still sovereign, all powerful, loving, caring, and trustworthy when things appear to you as not as they should be?
Things in this fallen world are not perfect; that is just the way things are down here. Jesus told his disciples and us through His Word that it would be this way.
John 16:33 (HCSB)
33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world."
You name the circumstance, and we can rest with the assurance and live in contentment that Jesus has conquered that circumstance. He can give you a peace that will surpass human understanding. O, how I need faith to trust Him more.
Romans 8:37-39 (HCSB)
37 No, in all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that not even death or life, angels or rulers, things present or things to come, [hostile] powers,
39 height or depth, or any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!
Prayer:
Father God, Sovereign Lord, my dear Father, I am so grateful that there is a refuge from the horrific circumstance that we sometimes encounter in this fallen world. Father, you know that we face troubles that are too big for our shoulders to bear, and our hearts and minds to understand why.
However, we have the blessed hope and the promises of a trustworthy Word from You that You have everything under control, and that we have nothing to fear in life or in death.
Yes, life is hard down here, but I thank you Lord that I have a bright and glorious future. Father, I thank You for being God all the time, and for being a God whose love for me is not diminished by the troubles and horrific circumstances we face in this world. Lord, increase my faith as I learn to cast all my cares upon You. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
No matter what may be the test,
God will take care of you!
Lean, weary one, upon His breast,
God will take care of you!
Source: http://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn.php/h/694#ixzz2i4KcdXXm
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Proverbs 30:5 (ESV)
5 Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Psalm 119:11 (ESV)
11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
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