“For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, -Isaiah 48:9-11a ESV
Warrior;
It’s NOT about you! We must accept and understand that the universe is about God and HIS glory—and that whatever exalts God’s glory also works for HIS CHILDREN’S ultimate good. Trust in the LORD, the testing, the refining, HE does for HIS sake accrues to our eternal benefit! What do you want? Do you want a happy, easy, life…or do you want ALL that GOD ORDAINED for you, through the use of you, for HIS GLORY?
Leader, when a WARRIOR gets knocked down, they don’t GIVE UP, they GET UP! 1 Peter 4:19 encourages us; Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. DESIRE is the fuel that helps us GET UP and STAND FIRM!
Conduit, we think to “love” means to “do no harm,” when it really means “to be willing to do short-term harm for a redemptive purpose.” God loves you and is willing to do whatever it takes to make you more like HIS SON. Trust in the LORD and lean not on your own understandings! Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and HIT IT AGAIN! It is written: A Righteous person will stumble 7 time, yet get back up! However the wicked will stumble into ruin! Today CHOOSE-WISE OR WICKED? To God be the Glory!
2 responses to “August 14. 2022”
That’s so true, and I never thought about :we think to “love” means to “do no harm,” when it really means “to be willing to do short-term harm for a redemptive purpose.” that’s powerful and rational. It makes perfect since if we are willing to accept that God loves us enough to punish us, just as any good parents should be willing to do! Good word caught me in brain!!!
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Amen brother!!
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