I have walked through many a "blazing furnace" in my time.
Ah yes....some because I was being tried by my Lord and others because I had disobeyed.
But nothing could have prepared me for the one I live through now.... she will never come back, I have lost mum and dad.
Passing through fires of affliction is no fun.
There is a pain, that is so difficult, it pinches the soul and grieves the very core of my soul.
Three young Hebrews found that out in Babylon where they were literally thrown into a furnace, one so hot that it killed any who came near it. But for these three, their feet were not even seared because "Someone" entered the fire with them.
I Must acknowledge that my Shepherd walks with me, no matter how I feel, it is a fact.
They were saved from certain death. Look at this amazing "Someone," His feet "like bronze glowing in a furnace"!
Jesus passed through the fires of suffering when He atoned for our sins on the Cross. He suffered anguish in spirit, soul and body in His sacrifice of self. His feet were in the fire. Now, with those same burnished feet, He walks beside us through a world of sin and destruction. "When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze" (Isaiah 43:2).
Your own suffering has eternal meaning because Christ suffers with us. Walking with Jesus in revival is a fellowship of suffering as well as unspeakable joy.
I am expecting nothing but a journey which I want my Shepherd to teach me as I follow Him.... something in my journey will bring joy as I grtieve, as I grow.....
INSIGHT
When I find myself resisting any test of faith, I repent of that unwillingness and accede to the perfect will of Jesus.
Friday, June 10, 2011
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