Faith Through It

Faith doesn’t get you around trouble, it gets you through it. – Stanley Smith

Hebrews 11 tells us of the many who made it through great sufferings and circumstances because of their faith. WOW!

Oftentimes when troubles interrupt or upset our lives we’re left questioning, “why me, I’ve prayed, read the Word, and meditated on it, so why is this happening to me. I thought I was faith-proofed for the day.” God never said we would live trouble free lives, but trouble and circumstances are there to grow us and test our faith. Remember what the psalmist David wrote in the 23rd psalm, “even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,” – the key words being ‘walk through’ – not stay. When troubles come our way we must shine the light of faith upon them to get a clear path to follow.

Until Monday……

Pastor Botts

“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith – of greater worth than gold….may be proved genuine.” – I Peter 1:6-7

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Arriving at the right Conclusion

Disillusionment is the child of illusions. – C.S. Lewis

Naaman left Elisha’s house infuriated and still leprous, because he already had in mind what should take place for his healing. Hmm!

When we get right down to it and think things through, most of our frustrations in life come not from the circumstances that we find ourselves in, but from our assumptions of what should have happened when we acted. We fall into the worldly thinking of perfect order, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. We get frustrated when people AND God don’t respond the way we think they should or the way we expect them to. But when we start with a wrong set of assumptions, it’s no wonder we arrive at wrong conclusions. The key is not to try and out guess what man or God will do, but to be patient and prayerful and wait. Truth always manifests itself.

Until tomorrow……..

Pastor Botts

“But wisdom is proved right by her actions.” – Matthew 11:19