Continuing from yesterday, when
Pastor Kyle stated that there are five things that we need to know and remember
to rejoice in every season of life (the highs, lows and everywhere in between).
(4) that lots of things don’t make sense … yet. In Isaiah 55:9, Lord God tells us: “As the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my
thoughts than your thoughts.” The finite cannot comprehend the
infinite, except that which is revealed. The creature cannot understand the
Creator, except for that which is made known ... for now.
1 Corinthians 13:12 explains, “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then
we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully,
even as I am fully known.”
(5) We always get the grace
we need, when we need it. There is a wisdom in looking for contingency plans.
If plan “A” fails, then go to plan “B” or plan “C”. In Isaiah 14:24, we are told, the Lord Almighty has sworn, “Surely,
as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it
will happen.” We have faith in the promises of God, always believing,
never doubting that God has a plan. But, sometimes, we want a future
contingency from God for a problem that we don’t even have. That is an
unnecessary distraction because the Lord always gives the grace
we need, when we need it and we can rest in that fact.
Where are you today? Are you experiencing a dreamy high, climbing
out of a stressful low, or cruising along in the daily routine on the in-between's.
God calls us to rejoice in Him and our eternal perspective in whatever stage
that life finds us in.
Philippians 4:4-5 “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it
again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.”
In Christ, Brian
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