I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
If it is not obvious to you, the devil is at work, but so is
God. Around us every day are things in which God's glory virtually shouts to
us. Then there is the devil that goes around trying to mar that glory in every
way that he can. The devil is an expert too because where God shows us that
with Him anything is possible, the devil comes along to prey on our humanity so
that we might deny God.
There are certain "truths" that are a fact in
everyone's life, yet because of our society we have lost touch with them. We
are told to grab life by the cuff and "go for the gusto." If you have
a candle, burn it up because it’s all we've got. Life is ours....so take it and
seize the day! There are degrees of
truth in this, yet the lost truth in these things, is that everything is given
to us by God to begin with. Life is indeed ours, but only because God gave it
to us and it does not end when one dies.
Another truth that is overlooked in this is that in life God gives us
all dreams of a life well lived.
God typically takes your dream through different stages. God
gives us a dream at some point in our lives, and we decide to go after the
dream. Then in life, because of either life itself or circumstances, the dream
is delayed or put off. Again, this is typical because there are too many
distractions and these distractions become a test to see if we will remember
and embrace the dream God gave us. Our dream encounters difficulties and if we
are not careful, our dream will hit a
dead end. At this point, we will do one of two things - 1) We will abandon the
dream and "settle" for what life and the swill of the devil put on
our plates or, 2) Allow God to deliver
and reignite our dream
Throughout each of these things, you’re working on your
dream while God is working on you. As was Job, we are not told "WHY"
in a lot of cases. Why doesn't God tell us why? Because God wants us to trust
him. God has done nothing to show that He is not trustworthy and if we are
thinking that He is not, that is not God......it is the Devil doing what he
does best. Paul says it like this: “I have learned the secret of living in
every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or
little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength”
Php 4:12-13.
Here is truth! You’ll never achieve your dream until you
learn to give it totally to God and trust Him to bring it about in your life.
The Bible says emphatically that you can do anything — along with God’s help.
You need much more than positive thinking to pursue your dream. You’ll need the power of God. What are you
afraid of?
Hereby know we that
we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we
have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the
world. Whosoever shall confess that
Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that
God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and
God in him. 1Jn 4:13-16
Jim
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