Shalam, brothers and sisters. May God bless you and His glorious light shine upon you.
I pray that God has strengthened you and increased your faith throughout this past week by helping you overcome the challenges that you face each day.
At times in our life, it may seem we are alone in the task set before us. This feeling is exacerbated when you’re faced with not just one task but multiple things that call for your attention. It is at these critical points, when the floodgates of stress, worry, fear, and feeling overwhelmed, that we as believers and followers of Jesus Christ must dig deep into His Word to increase our faith. This is when we come to understand that He has not given us anything we can’t handle. If we never turn to him in our moment of need, how can we overcome? By searching the scriptures, we gather our defenses, strengthen our convictions, and come to realize that He is God and in Him is peace. Once we understand that He rules in the heavens and on earth and that He desires to provide for you and I, then we can be “still”(be at peace) and know that He is God; sovereign, holy, and all-powerful.
First, we must see change as a natural event in one’s life and in the world. This change is set in motion by God for the intent of bringing about His purpose in our lives and in the world around us.
For us to truly appreciate the events in our lives we have to reflect on this enduring truth spoken by King Solomon, the son of David, “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven …”Eccl. 3:1.
If we take a moment to consider this statement, we would come to realize that nothing is by chance. You’re not reading this blog by chance; it was meant to happen. Even the time we live in is not by accident. You and I were brought into this world at this time for a specific reason. The events in our lives are not by happenstance. No, they are by design and the master designer of our seasons and times is God Almighty.
Read Proverbs 20:24
This scripture further illustrate the power of God in our lives. As we read we begin to understand that humanity’s history, from the condition of a nation down to the state of the individuals in that nation, are moved forward by God’s power and might as He determines. The question then is “Who by his natural mind and ability can clearly see the greater destiny for himself?” The answer is no one. No one can see the greater purpose or destiny in their life or the lives of others by their own ability or natural minds. This is because the mind by itself is separated from things spiritual. It is limited in how it views the world in that it responds to what it sees right now. This is even true when we set our goals to accomplish long-term ambitions. We only respond to right now, we don’t truly know what the future will hold. Therefore, we may plan but we have no guarantee that it will happen as we wish. Read James 4:14-15 to see how the spiritually minded man/woman views destiny. They see that it is God’s will at work, not ours; and by prayer we ask His blessing in our endeavors. The spiritual mind sees beyond the now, it sees what is not seen because it holds God as sovereign in all things. It looks to God for guidance and direction.
This understanding of how God works in our lives brings us to the concept of faith. Faith is the ability to believe the unseen, to grasp unto things hoped for…Hebrews 11:1. It is through faith that we learn to overcome.
Read 2 Cor.4:17-18 -This is why we are counseled by the Holy Spirit throughout the Bible to trust in the Lord by building our faith and not casting it away. By faith we are able to endure our times and seasons; our afflictions, our troubles, our heartaches and see them as light and but for a moment, while still having the hope that God is in control of all things.
To harness this power in overcoming our struggles we must believe that God is working everything to His purpose for a far greater good.
Read Daniel 2:20-22
V.20- when we begin to accept the truth that God is master of all things, then like Daniel we can shout out loud with praise saying, “blessed be the name of God forever and ever…”. We come to realize that true wisdom and might are His and that our times are not determined by the actions of men or even by ourselves, but by a wise and loving God (Read 1 John 4:9-10). It is more desirable, brothers and sisters, to fall into the hand of God or to be in line with His purpose than into the hands of men because of God great mercy. (Read Eccl. -18 Apocrypha).
V.21- God establishes all the kingdoms and rulerships of this world in order to change the seasons and times. He does this to bring about the kingdom of God
V.22- We should look to God to gain understanding of our times because it is He who reveals to us the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness (the unseen and hidden) and what is in the light (things done through Him by us). Human wisdom and sciences cannot open this spiritual insight to you, only God can. He may show you why you’re going through the different events in your life, as He did for the King of Babylon by Daniel.
Shalam,
May God Bless you and keep you until we meet again
Your brother and servant in Christ Jesus
Zarach
To all my brothers and sisters around the world, God loves you! Be strong.
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