This week Michael writes
that in the news media, if it bleeds it leads. The world is full of bad news. However,
we’re in the middle of a spiritual battle and the world is in the dark and
unaware. They are blind to the spiritual reality. It’s like in Germany during
the Nazi regime when Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, The church is sleepwalking toward a precipice.
According to Proverbs
3:5-6, trust in the Lord with all
your heart and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways
acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path. He shall make your path
straight. Crooked means that there are curves and bends in the road. However,
when we trust in the Lord, He will direct us in the right direction on the
straight and narrow path. We’re called to be consistent everyday. A
professional walks the talk and talks the walk. A professional practices what
he preaches. A professional is a practitioner of his discipline. Profession
in English is from the Greek word, “homologeo.” It means “same word”. We’re
called to make God’s word our word and His will our will
What is the purpose for
which has God called us? According Proverbs, trust in the Lord.
He will make your way straight. He will clear the obstacles in your
path. When we trust in Him, He will make our way productive according to His
glory to show us that He is faithful to His word. He’ll test our
character. God allowed the devil to test Job but God would not allow the devil
to take his life. The devil caused a storm to devastate the house where Job’s
children were gathered together. They all perished in the storm. Job remained
faithful to God and did not curse God.
When circumstances are
aligned against us; when our children fall into sin and our loved ones are
faced with disease and death, will we trust in the Lord with all our heart?
The first of the Ten Commandments says, you shall have no other Gods
between your face and my face. Therefore, be anxious for nothing but in
everything by prayer and supplication and thanksgiving, let your requests be
made known unto God. And the peace that passes all understanding shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Through the trials of life
God will teach us, what seems as a wind of destruction, I will deepen you in
the fire of affliction and purify your soul through the crucible of the trial.
As David prayed, try me and test me and
see if there is any wicked way in me. Through the crucible of pain, He
will purify our heart. When we trust in Him to bring us through the trial,
He’ll purify us to trust in Him with all our heart and to lean not unto our own
understanding.
Let's Continue Michael's message on "Straight Paths" in the next post.
In Christ, Brian
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