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1 | Do we understand suffering in delighting | Ps 37:4 | Vintage68 | 215833 | ||
Hi Mommapbs Does God truly give us the bitter cup, for His glory? Are we to use Jesus as our example, for accepting physical, mental suffering? Jesus in the garden, submitting Himself to the will of God. Jesus knew what the plan of redemption was, He was not demonstrating to us how we are to accept disease, illness, physical suffering into our lives. He was accepting the will of God into His life, in order to complete the work He was sent to do here on earth. He was going to be taking upon Himself all of the sins of the world, as well as all of the sicknesses, diseases. That night in the garden, He was truly 100 percent flesh, with all of it's frailties, fears. We hear in His own words the anguish He was feeling, the same as we have all felt, being alone. He was being tempted to run away from tomorrow. As a man He did not want to go through with what lay before Him, He had to pray as a man for Gods will to be done. He had come to the point we all must come to, being totally alone in the world. He had to have Faith in God, that He would do what He had promised. Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. (Jas.2:23) Jesus believed God, so that we would become the righteousness of God in Christ. (Rom.3:22) We are to believe God, to complete the work He has begun (Phil.1:6) Vintage68 |
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2 | Do we understand suffering in delighting | Ps 37:4 | Mommapbs | 215841 | ||
Greetings Vintage68 - you asked, Does God truly give us the bitter cup, for His glory? We do not drink the cup given to Jesus - amazing grace. But I believe that God does give us what seems to be a bitter cup for His glory. Eze 36:26 declares that God acts , not for our sake, but for the sake of His Holy Name. For His glory. C.S. Lewis reminds us to put first things first - seek His Kingdom, His righteousness; seek His face - we learn to desire what He desires first. We cannot do this apart from His spirit - surrender and abiding are the key factors here - choosing to trust God, to praise Him, to delight in Him, no matter what circumstance we find ourselves to be in. The bitter cup becomes sweet in His presence. It remains bitter if we fail to recognize that it is HIS cup that frees us first. Larry Crabb writes: When we live with no higher goal than to make this life work, whether through therapy, accountability, post-modern freedom, evangelical Christianity, or Catholic spirituality, we fight the wrong battle. And that’s the battle most of modern church is fighting! We’ve lost our unique message, the bright colors of radical Christianity have gone beige, we offer merely a religious method for pursuing the same goal that godless culture esteems. We chase after second things, believing the lie that the blessings of God (second things) will feed our souls when the truth is that only His presence (the first thing) can do the job. Blessings on your day! mommapbs |
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