from Streams......
Some time later the brook dried up.(1 Kings 17:7)
The education of our
faith is incomplete if we have yet to learn that God’s providence works through
loss, that there is a ministry to us through failure and the fading of things,
and that He gives the gift of emptiness. It is, in fact, the material
insecurities of life that cause our lives to be spiritually
established.
The dwindling brook at the Kerith Ravine, where Elijah sat
deep in thought, is a true picture of each of our lives. “Some time later the
brook dried up”—this is the history of our yesterdays, and a prophecy of our
tomorrows.
One way or the other, we must all learn the difference between
trusting in the gift and trusting in the Giver. The gift may last for a season,
but the Giver is the only eternal love.
The Kerith Ravine was a difficult
problem for Elijah until he arrived at Zarephath, and suddenly everything became
as clear as daylight to him. God’s hard instructions are never His last words to
us, for the woe, the waste, and the tears of life belong to its interlude, not
its finale.
If the Lord had led Elijah directly to Zarephath, he would
have missed something that helped to make him a wiser prophet and a better
man—living by faith at Kerith. And whenever our earthly stream or any other
outer resource has dried up, it has been allowed so we may learn that our hope
and help are in God, who made heaven and earth.
F. B. Meyer
Friday, October 5, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Unwavering Faithfulness
God calls us to live a life of faith. What is faith? (Hebrews 11:1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. God calls us to live victoriously through fatih in Him. We go through storms and may lose faith, or wonder where He is. But the storm is where we grow and not an end, but something we go THROUGH. and you will get through.
It's so easy to have faith and trust the Lord when his blessings are right in front of us. Faith is not judged by circumstances, but regardless of them. It's when we feel we are in the dark that our true faith is revealed, grown and developed. We must not waver in our faith or constant thankfuless just because the blessings are unseen by us at that moment. We must thank God for HIS unwavering faithfulness regardless of our own feelings. The truth is that He Remains faithful...There was a woman who prayed 10 years for her wayward son until he was saved. Imagine how she felt on that 9th year. Why not thank Him and praise him NOW no matter what the circumstance, because your light may be right around the corner.
You will never know your level of genuine faith until it is tested in a fierce storm. If you're ever going to "be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power" (eph 6:10), your strength will be born during a storm.
It's so easy to have faith and trust the Lord when his blessings are right in front of us. Faith is not judged by circumstances, but regardless of them. It's when we feel we are in the dark that our true faith is revealed, grown and developed. We must not waver in our faith or constant thankfuless just because the blessings are unseen by us at that moment. We must thank God for HIS unwavering faithfulness regardless of our own feelings. The truth is that He Remains faithful...There was a woman who prayed 10 years for her wayward son until he was saved. Imagine how she felt on that 9th year. Why not thank Him and praise him NOW no matter what the circumstance, because your light may be right around the corner.
You will never know your level of genuine faith until it is tested in a fierce storm. If you're ever going to "be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power" (eph 6:10), your strength will be born during a storm.
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