Psalm 119 is one of my favorite psalms.
When seemingly bad things happen keep the faith. Whatever it is hasn’t fallen on you to punish you. People may tell you that certain afflictions come because you aren’t living right or are being punished and if you turn back to God then you will overcome the affliction. In a word, that’s hypocrisy. We all fall short and there is none good but Jesus.
It rains on the just and the unjust. Life has natural ebs and flows. Hills and valleys.
One man can be a reprobate and seemingly everything goes his way while another man can be just and deal with enough affliction that it would seem he’s being punished.
It’s true that we reap what we sow but crisis comes to all. You are either living through a crisis, headed towards a crisis or getting through one and on your way to the next crisis. It’s just part of life but God uses the crisis or affliction for our good.
David said “God I had forgotten about you but after my affliction, I have turned back to you and I now love your word. You are good and you do good.”
God is always working in my life. However, I have often went astray and forgotten that getting through crisis with God is better than going through crisis without God.
The last few months have been challenging but August 21, 2021 l surrendered to my self imposed afflictions and asked God to forgive me for going astray. God has rewarded me with a closeness to His presence that baffles me and has never been more real to me.
Who am I that God should give me a millisecond of connection with Him? I’m speechless. He has made my heart full and is working on me daily.
In faith I look for more prospering in the Lord. Paul told Timothy to meditate on the Word of God and God’s laws. Paul told Timothy to let no one despise his youth and to give himself over to these things entirely and wholeheartedly.
I ask God to grant and allow me a heart that is all in on Jesus and all in unto Him.
After all, His laws aren’t hard to keep.
Love yourself
Love others
Love God.
A testimony Monday, October 25, 2021