Subject: who benefits most from prayer? |
Bible Note: Hi BradK Sorry I think perhaps you misunderstood me. I never said that life was a bed of roses as a Christian and that we would never face any challenges. You are absolutely right - it is the challenges that build our character and our faith. What I did say is that it is not God's BEST that we suffer these things, that is why we are continually encouraged in the Word to build our faith. As God meets our needs (physical, spiritual or whatever) so our faith increases and so our understanding of the Character of God also increases. Yes we do get sick and the Word provides for our healing and we can be tremendous testimonies through this. However as our faith progresses, we can get to the stage where we are walking in divine health. According to the Word we don't have to get sick because Jesus paid the price, but unfortunately when we are born again we are still babes in Christ and there is so much to learn before we even get near maturity. Yes sure people do experience lack financially, but we can stand on the Word and trust God to provide and when he does, what a testimony and at the same time faith-building. I don't understand why certain things happen, however, at the same time I also believe that many times we bring things on ourselves by either not being sensitive to the Spirit or by not doing things in line with the Word, or by stepping out of the will of God. In all these instances we move out of the covering - See Psalm 91. However as I said there are a lot of things we don't understand at this stage, eg. why does someone who is really walking very closely with Lord get killed in a car accident or have a heart attack and die? I don't know, however that does not get my focus off His Word and His promises in His Word. Does what happened to some of the disciples or to some of the greatest men of God make the Word of no effect? I say with Paul "God forbid!" Brenda |