Thoughts for another day

July 22, 2008

Today's verse: Eph. 6:10. be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Ah, here it is, the joy of the Lord is my strength. It is the blessedness of the Lord our God, which should form the core of our life and from this, should emanate the fortitude to lead, lives. Paul has understood this well for in every situation of his life, he evinced the mighty hand of God. In all his life’s travails, he depended on Him who had given up His life for him. And Paul’s own life served as a testimony often reminding him about the fact that there is One on whom he must depend…The One who bore the shame of the cross for his wretched self.

So too today, we must be assured in the wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ. We must remember that Jesus may allow something we don’t like in our lives, but if we accept His Sovereignty, bearing in mind that He is strong enough to bear us up and lift us high, then His might will flow into our lives. He will lift us on His wings for though we have traversed through the fire, He notices that we have kept the faith in Him and now He knows is the time to manifest His awesome power and He does… ever so powerfully that the world is stunned to see our recovery, just as they would have, Job’s recovery.

My friend, there will be times in your life when you will be forced to eat dirt for no fault of yours. But accept it in the Lord, keeping the faith that He will rescue in His time. And the one thing we need to be completely confident about is the power of our God. For when He chooses to take cudgels on our behalf, then no storm can stop Him nor earthquake deter His plan. In the midst of the raging fire, will He form ever so cool a space for you, even as you see the targets of His wrath destroyed around you while the blazing flames hardly singe you.