June 10, 2011

  • God’s assurance / Running passionately


    My assurance is to be built upon God’s assurance to me.

    God says, “I will never leave you,”

    so that then I may boldly say,  

    “The Lord is my helper, I will not fear.” (Hebrews 13:5-6)

    I will not be haunted by apprehension. This does not mean that I will not be tempted to fear, but I will remember God’s words of assurance. I will be full of courage, like a child who strives to reach the standard his father has set for him. The faith of many begins to falter when the apprehensions enter their thinking, they forget the meaning of God’s assurance, forget to take a deep spiritual breath. The only way to remove the fear from our lives is to listen to God’s assurance to us.

    What are you fearing?You are not a coward about it, you are going to face it, but you still have a feeling of fear. When there is nothing and no one to help you, say to yourself-

    “But the Lord is my Helper, this very moment, in this very circumstance.”

    Are you learning to listen to God before you speak, or are you saying things and trying to make God’s word fit what you have said? Take hold of the Father’s assurance and then say with good courage -

    “I will not fear.” It does not matter what evil or wrong may be in our way,

    He has said – “I will never leave you…”

    Human frailty is another thing that gets in between God’s words of assurance and our own words and thoughts. When we realize how feeble we are in facing difficulties, the difficulties become like giants, we become like grasshoppers, and God seems to be nonexistent. Remember God’s assurance- 

    “I will never forsake you.” 

    Have we learned to sing after hearing God’s key-note? Are we always possessed with the courage to say, “The Lord is my helper,” or are we yielding to fear? -Oswald Chambers, “My Utmost for His Highest”

     

     

    Please pray for our family, that our Almighty God, our sovereign King, our Father in Heaven, 

    would be near, and remind us that 

    being with Him, knowing Him…

    is far more precious… 

    than life itself. 

     

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    During tough times like these, God subtly (or not so subtly) reminds me that there is hope. (Jeremiah 29:11)

    Just like there is hope for this resilient young man with an incredible story…