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THINGS THAT DAVID SAID – 10

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THE “ONE THING”?

We’ve thought about David’s “one thing” in our previous meditation. Let’s think about this one thing a little longer.

David was not the only one in Scripture who had “one thing” in mind, one direction, one course, one goal, one desire above all others. There was also Mary, there was Paul, who both expressed in words or actions, the one thing they wanted most of all.

Every day, we are faced with choices. In fact, life is about making a constant stream of choices…this, not that…here, not there…now, not then! So many choices that we are mostly not even aware that we are making them!

This ability to choose is an integral part of being human. God built self-determination into humans when He created the first man, and didn’t withdraw it when he rebelled. However, now we have the added responsibility of choosing between good and evil, and a natural bent towards choosing the wrong way which we are to overcome by continually making right choices and following through on them.

Without a clear directive on one thing that keeps us on course, like Mary’s sister, Martha, “many things”, many conflicting considerations will cause trouble in our choices and land us in the “worried and upset” zone.

Let’s examine Mary’s “one thing” against Martha’s “many things”.

Luke 10:41-42 NIV
[41] “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, [42] but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Martha’s troubled mind, in the midst of her serving the Lord with a meal, became entangled in a “not fair” conflict. Can you hear her whining tone? “It’s not fair, Lord! Why can Mary sit here while I have to work so hard in the kitchen, alone?”

Martha had a lesson to learn. She needed a “one thing” to keep her on track, like her sister, even if her one thing was to worship and serve Jesus in the kitchen! Here’s the thing that would keep her track! Not even the passing of Lazarus should dim her confidence in the Lord of resurrection. “It will be okay, Martha. I’m here, and that’s all that matters!”

Martha needed to recalculate. She had lost her “one thing” in the busyness of her “many things”.

John 11:25-26 NIV
[25] “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; [26] and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

And what of Mary? The test of her passion for the life lessons Jesus taught and which she chose to hear above all else, came to the surface when crisis hit. How did she handle her crisis? She lost track in the cross currents of her passions.

Lazarus, her beloved brother was dead, and it was Jesus’ fault. He didn’t come when they called Him.

Mary’s current situation temporarily cancelled her “one thing”. She was so disillusioned that, when Jesus eventually arrived at Bethany, she refused to meet Him until He called her. Her first words to Him were an explosion of rebuke and anger, the exact words Martha used but with a very different tone.

Jesus wept at her response. The meaning of the Greek word is straightforward. Jesus shed tears. Why? Was it because death had claimed Lazarus? Was it because Mary was broken-hearted over her loss? Was He weeping in sympathy with her? I think not!

I think Jesus wept for Mary because her pain had cancelled her trust in Him. His weeping was a sign of His frustration over her unbelief. Not even her “one thing” at His feet, listening to His teaching, had protected her from the raw experience of her brother’s death. Lazarus’ death was crunch time and Mary failed the test. She didn’t wait for Jesus to finish what He started.

Why did Jesus allow this to happen? Was it a “good thing” because both Mary and Martha learned life lessons they would never forget? Martha learned that her fussing and fuming over “many things” paled into nothing compared with Jesus’ disclosure and confirmation by raising Lazaris to life. He was who He said He was! She needed only one thing, and Mary had discovered it..

Mary learned that Jesus was utterly trustworthy, even when circumstances appeared irreversible. A dead Lazarus, stinking in his decay, was no obstacle to the Son of God. Mary’s response returned her to her “one thing”, back at His feet, but now in worship.

John 12:1-3 NIV
[1] “Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. [2] Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. [3] Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.”

She had learned her lesson well.

Like Mary, David’s “one thing” kept him focused on his desire for the presence of God in his turbulent life. To dwell in the sanctuary was not a cop-out from the realities of life. Rather, it was a desire to carry the awareness of God’s presence wherever he went and whatever his circumstances were, to turn his whole life into a sanctuary of worship.

So, when life was tranquil, David’s thoughts were on God, His goodness, mercy, and glory. He dwelt on these attributes in song after song. When life was dangerous and unpredictable, he turned to the Lord for comfort and protection.

Was David’s longing for God’s presence, his “one thing”, satisfied? Most definitely, yes! His history and his psalms bear witness to his experience.

So, I ask myself, “What is my “one thing” that will hold me together and keep me on track when the chips are down? What is my goal in all my choices, even those that seem inconseqential in my daily life?

Is my life directed toward this one thing, this goal that keeps me alive until it is accomplished or will be in the life to come? Only I can decide. Only I can choose and stick to my one thing until my final breath. I must, like Paul, choose and act.

Philippians 3:13-14 NIV
[13] “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, [14] I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

THINGS THAT DAVID SAID – 9

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ONLY ONE THING!

Psalms 27:4 NIV
[4] “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.”

What a good thing to be single-minded, especially about God!

Some people are single-minded about worldly pursuits… like money, or sexual experiences, or pleasure, or even happiness! They go hard after these things, only to find that “enough” is always just beyond their reach.

To be single-minded in one’s pursuit of God is a two-way street. He hides Himself from those whose desire is half-hearted, insincere, or for selfish gain. He sometimes works incognito to achieve His purposes without interference, keeping from us the awareness of His presence to build our faith.

Isaiah 45:15 NIV
[15] “Truly you are a God who has been hiding himself, the God and Savior of Israel.”

God hid Himself from His people for many years, about 400 years to be exact. He went silent on them…never did anything or said a word, so it seemed, between Malachi and Matthew. He left them to their own devices but…He was working behind the scenes all the time.

God chooses when and to whom He reveals Himself, regardless of where or how hard we seek to find Him.

Jeremiah 29:13-14 NIV
[13] “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. [14] I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”

Thus…God’s promise to His people after He had exiled them from their homeland for seventy years, for their stubborn disobedience and idolatry.

The Apostle Paul was aware of this fact when he wrote,

Galatians 4:4 NLT
[4] “But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.”

God was quietly preparing His people and the world for the greatest event in history, when He came in person to rescue us.

With a flourish, the angel announced to Joseph, Mary’s intended, before Jesus was born, reminding him of the promise God made to His people centuaries before…

Matthew 1:23 NLT
[23] “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”

No, God is never distant from His creation or separated from His purposes. How can He be when He is everywhere? He Himself informed Jeremiah…

Jeremiah 23:23-24 NLT
[23] “Am I a God who is only close at hand?” says the Lord. “No, I am far away at the same time. [24] Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the Lord.”

God chooses to whom He will reveal Himself either by tangible signs as He did to Paul on the road to Damascus, or by the quiet, inner assurance that He is always near.

So, what’s the secret of knowing God’s presence? What can we do to induce God to reveal Himself to us, especially in times of distress when He seems far away? How can we not only be aware of but also live in His presence, taking shelter in Him from the storms of life, and contemplating His glory against the backdrop of a wicked world? How can we keep our balance when everything around us is shaking?

Strangely enough, God gives us the initiative to seek Him, not the other way around.

James 4:7-8 NLT
[7] “So, humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. [8] Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.”

The Word gives us the simple steps that allow us to seek and find the Lord, and to enjoy the wonder of His person and presence continually. We have no need to beg Him to reveal Himself to us. He has done that in abundant measure through Jesus, our Immanuel.

First, He calls us to turn away from sin, from our stubborn independence that leads us away from Him, and to approach Him boldly through the blood of His Son.

Hebrews 10:19-20, 22 NLT
[19] “And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. [20] By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place.
[22] Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.”

There is no other way to access God’s presence but through Jesus.

Second, we must draw near to Him by faith. We must both trust and act on His promise.

Hebrews 11:6 NLT
[6] “And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.”

“Come close to God, and God will come close to you.”

Third, as citizens of heaven, by faith we live in the realm of Jesus’ place and rule in His kingdom even as we conduct our daily lives on this fallen planet and in its corrupted systems.

Colossians 3:1-3 NLT
[1] “Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. [2] Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. [3] For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.”

Do you get it, dear child of God? Unlike David, who expressed a longing to live in the sanctuary where God was present, we are the dwelling place, the holy temple of God, right now.

1 Corinthians 6:19 NLT
[19] “Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God?…”

No need to desire, long for, or seek God’s presence. He is already in us by His Spirit. Once again, all we need is to change our perspective…to grow our awareness by faith, that we are in God and that He is in us and to gaze, contually, at Jesus. Slowly, as we gaze, we are being transformed into His likeness!

2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV
[18] “And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”

God’s presence isn’t hit and miss according to our experiences and emotions. He us with us and in us forever, right now.

THINGS THAT DAVID SAID – 8

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RESTORE!

Psalms 51:12 NIV
[12] “Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”

“Did you know that the word “restore” appears 136 times in the Bible? The Bible is filled with examples of healing and restoration. It is a consistent theme in both the Old and New Testaments, from Genesis all the way to Revelation.”
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If I could give God a middle name that describes something about Him that is deeply embedded in His character, I would call Him “Yahweh Shoob”, the God who restores.

“Shoob” is one of the multifaceted Hebrew words with a multiplicity of meanings according to the context. However, when it comes to the character of God, one word above all others fits the bill… RESTORE!

Unlike our human tendency to destroy, and we do it all the time when our inborn selfishness crashes into the selfishness of others, God’s passion is to restore. He loves to fix situations and people so that His kingdom of love and light can become the real way for us to live on the earth.

The trouble is that we are more focused on the brokennes in our world than about the people who caused it, including ourselves…and that means ourselves first. When we keep playing the blame game, nothing will be restored.

Let’s examine David’s prayer in context.

His guilty secret was out! He had created a mess through his selfish behaviour. He had stolen another man’s wife and then tried to cover it up, first, by trickery and then, when that didn’t work, by murder! By “diminishing” Uriah, his mistress’ husband, by having him killed, he had conveniently forgotten that God never, ever let him down, and that he was to treat others in the same way.

God knew! He told His prophet, Nathan, to confront David with his sin. David was mortified. Instead of making excuses, like many of us would do, he came clean.

In two of his well-known psalms, David revealed the turmoil of his guilty conscience.

Psalms 32:3-4 NLT
[3] “When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long. [4] Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.”

David agonised over the terrible weight of his guilt. In his despair, he turned to the Lord, throwing himself on God’s mercy, knowing that no amount of animal sacrifice could make up for what he had done.

Psalms 51:1-4 NLT
[1] “Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. [2] Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. [3] For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. [4] Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.”

David acknowledged that he deserved everything God’s judgment would bring on him. Crushed by his sinfulness, he hurled his pitiful self on “chesed”, the covenant love of God.

Psalms 32:5 NLT
[5] “Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.”

GONE! All his guilt, all his agony…gone! In an instant! He felt as if he had never sinned. His soul and l conscience were power washed, clean, white as the driven snow.

However, there still lurked in his heart one anxious thought, one misgiving. Would God restore his position with Himself, that favoured position of intimacy he had lost through his foolishness?
Forgiveness was one thing, and that was already a given, but what about restoration? He had forfeited something very precious and he wanted it back. He had begged for forgiveness, and God had forgiven  him. Would He also restore to him His presence and his favoured position of a son?

Since, as David had learned, in God’s presence there is fullness of joy…

Psalms 16:11 NIV
[11] You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

…the return of this joy would confirm to David the restoration of God’s presence in his life. He wanted more than the experience of joy. He wanted to be assured of God’s presence with him and the restoration to full salvation that his joy would signal.

There were serious consequences to David’s moral failure in his life and the life of his family which he could not dodge. However, for the rest of his earthly life, David continued in humble trust and obedience to God, even through the horror of his son, Absalom’s abominable behaviour, murder and treason. God restored David’s throne and the respect and loyalty of his subjects and…the greatest honour God afforded him, the honour of being the ancestor of Jesus, the Messiah.

Yes, God restores, and even in the aftermath of our sin, His mercy triumphs over judgment. Falling into sin, as terrible as it is, never cancels our standing with God. Rather, it releases a flood of mercy and grace that indelibly imprints on our hearts the truth that God restores!

In conclusion, how I value this aspect of God’s character because I know that my appeal for restoration will never fall on deaf ears. No matter what the context, I am assured that God restores!

“RESTORE” IS God’s middle name. On the day when Jesus returns, He will clean up every last mess we have ever made of God’s earth. God’s plan to unite heaven and earth into one glorious, eternal kingdom when He makes His dwelling with us, will happen. He has already written the last chapter.

Revelation 21:1-5 NLT
[1] “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. [2] And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. [3] I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. [4] He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” [5] And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.”

Hallelujah!

THINGS THAT DAVID SAID – 7

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GOD’S “LOVERS”

Psalms 25:14 NKJV
[14] “The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.”

Psalms 25:14 NLT
[14] “The Lord is a friend to those who fear him. He teaches them his covenant.”

Psalms 25:14 NLT
[14] “The Lord is a friend to those who fear him. He teaches them his covenant.”

Two Hebrew words in this statement…”sod”, meaning “secret” or “intimate”, and “yada” meaning “to know” as in “sexual intimacy”, are the words that imply the intimacy of a husband and wife in a marriage relationship.

It’s no wonder translators differ in the way they render this verse. Could they be afraid to be as a bold and explicit as David was when he made this riveting statement? So, they tamed it down somewhat, reducing the thought of marriage intimacy between God and His most adoring worshippers, to “friendship”!

The intimacy between two people in a marriage implies both trust and transparency… a willingness to bare one another’s hearts as well as bodies, and a joining together of two souls to become one.

Have you ever wondered why God wants intimacy with His people? Like the intimacy between two people in marriage that produces new life, God has “seed” He desires to plant in the hearts of those who share intimacy with Him. God’s seed is His Word. He shares the secrets of His Word with those who fear Him to produce new life.

Amos 3:7 NIV
[7] “Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.”

God delights to draw us into His plans so that we can incubate the seed in our spirits through faith, and add our “amen” to what He has spoken.

Did David deliberately choose these words to describe his own relationship with Yahweh? His words are an expression of a union with God that few knew in the dispensation of the Old Covenant. Yet, there were those who came close to the kind of intimacy God yearned to have with His people.

The secrets God shared with David are scattered throughout his psalms. These are prophetic messages about the Messiah that flesh out the word picture of Jesus so accurately fulfilled in His first coming.

First, the operative condition for an experience of closeness with God is “The fear of the Lord”. David used this phrase in many of his songs, calling God’s people to express their fear of the Lord by living lives that honoured Him.

Psalms 34:11-14 NLT
[11] “Come, my children, and listen to me, and I will teach you to fear the Lord. [12] Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous? [13] Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies! [14] Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.”

Psalms 25:8-10, 12 NLT
[8] “The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray. [9] He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way. [10] The Lord leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his demands.
[12] Who are those who fear the Lord? He will show them the path they should choose.”

These were not only David’s words. Isaiah discovered and wrote the same truth…

Isaiah 33:5-6 NIV
[5] “The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness. [6] He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.”

One great theme of the Bible is God’s marriage to His people, concluding, in Revelation 19, with the description of the bride and the wedding of the Lamb. Like Eliezer, Abraham’s servant, who was sent to find a bride for Isaac, so the Father sent His Son to earth to seek a bride. The Holy Spirit, whom Jesus sent in His place, finds and prepares her for her marriage to the Lamb, the bride He bought with His own blood.

Revelation 19:7-8 NIV
[7] “Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. [8] Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people).”

So, dear children of God, don’t be afraid to seek this intimacy with the Father, through Jesus the Son, that allows you access to the secrets of His covenant. Not everyone enjoys this privilege…only those who love Him enough to live within the boundaries of His covenant. These alone will enjoy the delights of His love… the rich bounty He provides for those who fear Him. They will receive the seed of the Word and share in the unfolding of God’s purposes.

Psalms 36:7-9 NIV
[7] “How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. [8] They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. [9] For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.”

THINGS THAT DAVID SAID – 6

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Psalms 4:8 NIV
[8] “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.”

How well I remember the way David’s words impacted me during troubled times in my country. I was living in a cottage on a smallholding on the edge of town. The windows of my home had no burglar bars and some didn’t even latch securely!

Dogs and cows belonging to the owner would move around my home at night, making scary noises. The property was not fenced, leaving me feeling vulnerable to possible intruders.

I would often lie awake at night, conscious of strange sounds, and fearful of the unknown. I needed the security which the property didn’t offer me…so I turned to the Scriptures.

Every night, as I lay in the dark, afraid and alone, I recited David’s words until they became second nature to me. I began to feel so safe that, in the end, no strange noises and no “what ifs” bothered me.

Such is the power of God’s Word in times of stress and insecurity…in fact, at any time we need the help that no human can give.

Look at David’s words. Peace…sleep…safety! How many of us wrestle with issues in a very real world full of unknown dangers, in a restless and violent society. How desperately we need the reassurance that God is all around us, as near to us as our breath. He is our safe place, our shelter from harm and danger. There is no human bodyguard more able and more equipped to protect His people than the Lord God Himself.

“Why, then,” we might ask, “do bad things happen to God’s people?” I can’t answer for God, but one thing is sure.

Romans 8:28-29 NIV
[28] “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. [29] For those God foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.”

Not long ago, I listened to the testimony of the late Dr Helen Roseveare. She served as a missionary doctor in the Congo during the Mau Mau uprising in the 1960’s. As a white lady, she was extremely vulnerable and unfortunately suffered terrible cruelty at the hands of people in transition.

The Lord confronted her with these words, “Can you thank me for trusting you with this experience even if I never tell you why?”

What strange and terrifying words! This is not the way God usually works with His people. The Scriptures are full of reassurances of His care and protection in times of trouble. Take Psalm 91, for example. Innumerable children of God embrace these promises in times of danger or desperation, and find God faithful to His Word.

Why, then, does God allow some to suffer in the extreme?

God’s ways are inscrutible. His has no obligation to explain His reasons, but reasons He has, that make sense to Him, if not to us. There are two examples in Scripture, of extreme suffering, one with no reason to the sufferer and one with a good reason.

Job suffered so much loss that he was left reeling…and forsaken by his own wife and his friends. Did God give Him an explanation? No! However, God completed what He set out to do without Job’s knowledge or permission. The outcome? Although Job questioned God, he never stopped trusting and worshipping Him despite his meaningless suffering.

Paul’s life as a servant of Jesus, was fraught with problems, difficulties, and suffering of every description and from every angle, fellow Jews, treacherous “friends”, and the Roman government. He was hated and hounded from place to place, beaten, imprisoned, and even stoned to death. He survived, but he was fed up with the whole deal. Even his prayers weren’t answered in the way he wanted.

2 Corinthians 12:8-9 NLT
[8] “Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away…”

However, God had a different purpose and a different outcome for Paul’s predicament. Check the background!

2 Corinthians 12:2-4 NLT
[2] “I was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. Whether I was in my body or out of my body, I don’t know—only God knows. [3] Yes, only God knows whether I was in my body or outside my body. But I do know [4] that I was caught up to paradise and heard things so astounding that they cannot be expressed in words, things no human is allowed to tell.”

Paul had out-of-body experiences so amazing that he had every reason to boast but…

2 Corinthians 12:7 NLT
[7]”… even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God….I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud.”

So, God’s response to Paul’s pleas was…”no” to his request but “yes” to a much better purpose.

9] Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.”

God is always working on our character and stripping off every layer of self-sufficiency and independence, honing faith in Him in the worst of circumstances.

Does this mean that we cannot trust God for His protection because He might have some other purpose in mind? Not at all!

2 Corinthians 1:20 NLT
[20] “For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for his glory.”

Even if some kind of suffering is part of His purpose for us, He always, ultimately, honours His promises for our good, and for His glory.

THE SAFEST PLACE!

So, we can weave God’s promises into the fabric of our daily lives, confident that the outcomes will always be for our benefit and His glory.