Saturday, June 28, 2008

leaning...

Today at a party I was talking to Greg and Craig and we were talking about leaning not to our own understanding. As we were talking it became so apparent that, that is one of the keys to victory. We cannot afford to try to figure out situations in our own understanding. God alone knows why He allows things in our lives that do not make sense. I mean why do we have to have people die young in our lives, why do accidents happen, why do our children turn their backs on what they know is the truth. All of these situations make no sense in the natural. However, in the spirit there may be many reasons. We have a real enemy that is after bringing us to a place of doubt and unbelief. He (the enemy) is trying to make our walks (lives) totally ineffective for the kingdom. The Lord allows these difficulties because He is attempting to create something in us that will last for eternity, and here in the temporal existence is where we learn it. WOW!!!! You mean this is a training ground. I say yes. He says we will rule and reign with Him. There must be things that we are to learn here that we may use in eternity. Our understanding must be deceptive if we are instructed not to lean on it. It is very tempting to look to the natural for answers, but God said there are no true answers in the natural realm. The truth about situations, people, and handling life's adventures must be found in the Spirit. Victory in situations does not come about by our own logic and figuring. The things of the Spirit seem to run contrary to the world's logic. Things in the visible try to mock the unseen. FAITH is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things NOT SEEN. Our Lord reigns in the unseen realm. He is Lord of ALL visible and invisible. We must lift our eyes and ask the Lord to help us see with spiritual eyes.

Lord only you can give us clear vision of that which we can't see. Only you can give us wisdom and understanding of that which is out of our grasp to understand. And oh Lord when you shine light and give revelation there is nothing in this world as sweet as knowing that you are speaking to us. RW

2 comments:

Sonja said...

Robin,
If you haven't seen the movie "Beyond the gates", rent it. You'll understand why. It was about the 1994 masaccure in Urwanda...
My faith in the Lord was tested as I watched it wondering how in the world this could have happened in the first place. For two days or so I couldn't shake the feeling in my heart for the poeple of Africa and it stirred me and my sister to pray. We both cried of the horror they went through and ask the Lord why? Both my sister and I will never forget what we saw (I guess back then we didn't really understand) the movie really tells the truth of what happened. Its an awakening for ALL that there is no room for complacency in sharing the Gospel...no one knows what will happen from one day to the next, for America...it's only a matter of timing, many HATE us. Our job...to walk in LOVE in the face of fear. Maybe that is what all our trials are really about...to mold our hearts to LOVE no matter what comes our way!

sonja h.

Sonja said...

Sorry, I spelled Rawanda wrong!

sonja