It is all in *GOD'S* hands, and all works according to HIS WILL, therefore, as HE tells us, "And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? MATTHEW 6: 27!!!
FAITH BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF THE LORD, and RELIES ON HIS WISDOM, as well as carries us! It is the influence of the world, and it's traces left in us that causes us to be anxious, worrisome, and insecure, WHEN we KNOW that ALL IS in HIS powers! We are easily induced by the negatives, even when we are aware of the POSITIVITY which comes by way of THE LORD! We cower, and cave in when we are too exasperated to deal with anything, forgetting readily, that we only need to lift UP to HIM; thus, we wane in FAITH, and therefore, in FAITHFULNESS...
We CAN WHOLLY TRUST HIM; HE IS FAITHFUL to the FAITHFUL, and DOES work for the good, and well-being of those who LOVE HIM! It is like having TOTAL security, yet we are not fully convinced, if we were, there would be no waning on our part; instead, we WOULD be able to PRAY, THANK, and go forth, ASSURED that HE IS moving mountains for our needs...
When we THINK about all HE IS, and DOES, it is embarrassing to note that we waver at all, yet, this too, happens for reason, one of the greatest being, that we LEARN, after trial, error, and practice, THE TRUTH, which then, reiterates itself deeper into the heart of the being...
THROUGH CHRIST, in the HOLY SPIRIT, according to our capacities, we HAVE the ability to take on the nature of *GOD*, HIS WILL, and HIS WAYS. For instance, as HE LOVES, we CAN LOVE, have compassion, and exist in HOLINESS, and the more we understand, or learn of HIM, the more we can do, which THEN, invokes HIS MIGHTY FAVOUR, which BLESSES, ever more. We ARE Children of THE LORD, therefore we ARE designed to BE AS IS HE! We CAN do much of what HE does for us, FOR HIM, HIS GLORY, and for others, because it IS intrinsic TO our ONENESS with HIM, and which increases our benevolence IN HIM!!!
And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me... 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 & then I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. PHILIPPIANS 4: 13...
IN FAITH we go forward, with TRUST IN HIM, BELIEF IN HIS POWERS, and RELIANCE ON HIS ENTITY, HIS GENIUS, HIS OMNIPOTENCE, and HIS LOVE! While things of the world might slow us, they should not stop us long enough to be snared by them, and IF we KEEP our thoughts on that ABOVE, and not on matters of the world, COLOSSIANS 3: 2, we are not only reassured, we are busy enough to be FREE from that which would pull us down, and under...
EVERYTHING ALWAYS works out, one way or another, and we ARE almost always able to change with whatever; this IS by HIS mysterious hand in our lives, and when we HONOUR HIM WITH TOTAL BELIEF, HIS works are as water flowing from an endless waterfall into our lives, even if HE declined to grant us our hearts desires, for we understand that HE KNOWS BEST, and we TRUST IN HIS ENDLESS WISDOM which HAS CREATED all which was, is, and evermore shall be!!!
YES, WITH THE LORD, EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT, and IT WILL WORK OUT, so, embrace the time with CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD, and LET HIM lead us through what will be!!!
Let us BLESS THE LORD, PRAISE HIM ALWAYS, WORSHIP HIS HOLINESS, and REJOICE IN HIS LOVING CARE for us, while attuning in to HIS WILL, and HONOURING HIM with the best we have to give, patterned after HIS own nature; FOR HIS GLORY, and the greater good of all!!!
REV. LWINSOR © 2015
BIBLICAL, and/or other references marked BOLDLY IN COLOURS
Horatio G. Spafford
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Did you ever read, or hear about the story of how this hymn was penned? It is an amazing testimonial of FAITH in *GOD*, therefore HIS GLORY shines from each word!!!
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