Empower your Day in Just Seconds
Grantley Morris
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Many of us fall into the rut of always expecting Gods will to be challenging, scary, painful. The Bible is dripping with evidence for this expectation. We are to love God more than any other person or thing. This can be divinely tested, as it clearly was for Abraham when he was asked to sacrifice his precious son. Jesus was continually asking people to give up everything to follow him. An entire book of the Bible is devoted to Jobs horrific test. We know Gods will for Jesus was terrifyingly painful. Jesus and the rest of the New Testament warn us to expect severe persecution. Scripture tells us to rejoice when trials hit, because they build character. As if hundreds of Bible verses were not enough to make us expect the worst, many of us have the additional pressure of being prone to feelings of guilt, depression, inferiority, or pessimism. Most Christians who dont habitually expect Gods will to be unpleasant, fall into the opposite trap. Again there is much scriptural encouragement for this view. Abraham was renowned for his wealth; Isaac and Jacob enjoyed great material success; Job was very rich, Solomon was mind-bogglingly wealthy and many of the Bible heroes were kings. Almost every time the Old Testament uses the word blessing it refers not to spiritual blessings but to material prosperity many children, overflowing harvests and livestock breeding like there was Viagra in their hay. The Bible is filled with promises of joy, Gods love for us, answered prayer, miracles, healings and victory. The obvious truth is that both sides of the coin all the tests and pain and trials, and all the blessings are in the Bible. To embrace the full teaching of Scripture we must avoid both the mindset of always expecting Gods will to be scary and the mindset of always expecting Gods will to be deliriously easy and filled with more thrills than Santa Claus magic cave. Taken from How to Avoid Deception Love others! May be freely copied. Just include this notice: © Grantley Morris, www.net-burst.com
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