I haven't been posting my study because of the circumstances at work. Circumstances in life challenge our faith in God. For me it was understanding that my life on this earth isn't about me, it's about honoring God with our life. Our trust in God will demonstrate how true our faith is in Him. Do I trust God even though life is totally unjust to me? The Bible gives many examples of people experiencing unjust circumstances. Our obvious example is Christ. He healed people from their sicknesses, diseases, feed them, etc. He served people, but he was a threat to the established religious leaders. So they plotted to have him killed and succeeded. Each disciple was martyred (expect John) and the list can go on. Does this mean that God didn't care for each of these individuals? No. We see that God appointed angels to have have Peter released from prison (Acts 12:7). Furthermore, the disciples and followers saw miracles. God was working, and is still working, to bring people to salvation, returning His creation back to a relationship with Him.
We have to ask ourselves, are we sold out to fulfill our God designed purpose on earth? This is not an easy question to answer. Sometimes we'll say Yes will full assurance. Sometimes Yes with hesitancy. Sometimes we say Yes with our mouth, but No in our heart or just plan No.
I was able to receive a Yes from God through the prayers of the body of Christ, and in that I feel greatly blessed. But what if it was a No, would I still feel like God will bless me? Maybe yes. It might have been a long road before I see God's reason for a No. Sometime we don't see the purpose until we, or others, are in heaven. If we are sold out to the purpose of God we need to decide that whatever occurs we hope the God's will is occurring through out lives. If bad circumstances occur in our lives, but we are right with God, then we can believe that God's will is being accomplished, whether we like the circumstances or not.
Some believe that the death of Stephen (Acts 7-8:3) greatly affected Paul's gospel message, similar to Stephens last one in Acts 7. God used persecutions to scatter the gospel to the outlining areas. God's goal is to bring His creation back into relationship with Him, like in the Garden of Eden before the fall.
The question is do we feel blessed to be used by God to accomplish His will? This is not easy when we were to loose those things that we have worked hard to accomplish or feel that God has blessed us with. Acts 14:22, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God." and John 16:33, "In the world you have tribulation" Not the kind of verses we generally write in cards of encouragement. But they are so true.
I guess the question comes down to, are we fearful that we might loose what we have on earth or are we fearful that God's will won't be accomplished through us. Which of the two do we put first on our priority list of life?
We have to ask ourselves, are we sold out to fulfill our God designed purpose on earth? This is not an easy question to answer. Sometimes we'll say Yes will full assurance. Sometimes Yes with hesitancy. Sometimes we say Yes with our mouth, but No in our heart or just plan No.
I was able to receive a Yes from God through the prayers of the body of Christ, and in that I feel greatly blessed. But what if it was a No, would I still feel like God will bless me? Maybe yes. It might have been a long road before I see God's reason for a No. Sometime we don't see the purpose until we, or others, are in heaven. If we are sold out to the purpose of God we need to decide that whatever occurs we hope the God's will is occurring through out lives. If bad circumstances occur in our lives, but we are right with God, then we can believe that God's will is being accomplished, whether we like the circumstances or not.
Some believe that the death of Stephen (Acts 7-8:3) greatly affected Paul's gospel message, similar to Stephens last one in Acts 7. God used persecutions to scatter the gospel to the outlining areas. God's goal is to bring His creation back into relationship with Him, like in the Garden of Eden before the fall.
The question is do we feel blessed to be used by God to accomplish His will? This is not easy when we were to loose those things that we have worked hard to accomplish or feel that God has blessed us with. Acts 14:22, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God." and John 16:33, "In the world you have tribulation" Not the kind of verses we generally write in cards of encouragement. But they are so true.
I guess the question comes down to, are we fearful that we might loose what we have on earth or are we fearful that God's will won't be accomplished through us. Which of the two do we put first on our priority list of life?
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