And Satan took him up...hey, throw yourself off... no worries your angels will catch you. Jesus said....don't test God. This verse he quoted was taken from Exodus 17 where the Israelites one more time complained at a moment of crisis. You see they were in a place where they could not see a way out and the first thing out of their mouth was " Is the Lord among us or not". Don't test the Lord as you did at Massah...don't.
My faith is insipid. Yesterday we heard that maybe the insurance company of the school would not come through on our behalf...it does not look encouraging. So as I peruse the bills one more time what do I think..."Is the Lord among us or not?" My anxiety level reaches shrill and panicky and I look around and begin to wonder if God is anywhere. He will leave us, He left us...we will wander homeless in Bellingham bankrupt and penniless. Satan whispers....hey throw yourself off, it's hopeless Heidi...was He ever there...ever?
Don't test God...like you did at Massah...like you do very time there is a crisis. You forget what was done, is being done and will be done...just don't do it. So in this journey through a sort of wilderness, I/we walk into another mountain precipice. Before I launch out in fear, I'll step back and realize He hasn't brought us this far to let us go or toy with us in the falling...He is among us.
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I think of the last half of Gen. 50:20 and the phrase from the NAS "God meant it for good." One commentator wrote, "God often brings good out of evil, and promotes the designs of his providence even by the sins of men; not that he is the author of sin, far be it from us to think so; but his infinite wisdom so overrules events, and directs the chain of them, that, in the issue, that ends in his praise which in its own nature had a direct tendency to his dishonour; as the putting of Christ to death" (Matthew Henry). Some day you will look back as Joseph did and see more clearly what God's purpose has been - Keep looking UP!
I heard a very helpful comment/truth the other day that will help me from now in my "dark storms" of life - when there seems like there will be no end. It was "remember, there has never been a storm in all of history that has not come to an end sometime!" Hang on, the storm will pass and we will pray you through it!
- Sharon E
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