Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
PostPosted by Erlend Hovdhaugen Sep 28, 2009 01:13PM
I was just reading about Paul, and what he had to go trough sometimes in life.
And it made me think about my life and things that I go trough... I have been trough a whole lot, but I believe my life and my challenges has been nothing like Paul's...
Just read this with me from the letter to the Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 11:
23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness— 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation? 30 If I must boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity. 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. 32 In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; 33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.
Wow !! That was alot ... but anyway, no matter what this guy Paul goes trough, he just keeps moving and moving towards the goal ...
Acts 20:
24 "However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace."
2 Timothy 4:
7 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
This man was really going for it !
Acts 16:
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
So, you find him even in the prison singin like Donnie McClurkin would ? ;
" Living he Loved Me
Dying he saved me
Buried He carried my
My sins far away
Rising he justified me
Freed me forever
One day he’s coming back Glorious day! "
Either this man is on drugs !!...Or he has discovered something we haven't ...!
Who sings and worship in prison?? People don't sing and worship in Church like that today....
I believe that God showed him His Grace, Mercy Love and Kindness, who The Father really is, and that when He died for all of us, Jesus deal with sin once and for all, that night on the cross when He said : "It is finished!"
And I believe that Pauls behavior can only be explained because he had a revelation of this.
He also said :
Philippians 3:
12 "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
This is the man who wrote 75 % of the New Testament, no wonder God alowed him to ..
The key folks :) Don't look back, just keep on moving and hold on to Jesus, love Him back, be close to Him, stay away from sin, and when you do sin, DEAL WITH IT, and move on !! God is not mad at you, He will never change Hes Heart towards you. He loves you. It is not God that damages you if you fall in sin, it is the sin itself, when you hurt the relation you have with Him.
So deal with it, and look forward. Every time !
"I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." -The apostle Paul
Remember, you are not a sinner anymore beloved, when you came under The Blood of Jesus, you became a saint !
It is all about Him, and Hes love for us, If you get this message, and I hope you do... It is all about being in a relationship with The Lord, and to get to know our Father more and receive Hes Grace every day... To let go of life, and give it all to Him !
When Paul had his eyes on Jesus, the circumstances fade away,
and when you have your eyes on Jesus, your circumstances will fade away !
Psalm 30
1 I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my foes rejoice over me. 2 O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. 3 O LORD, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. 5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. 6 Now in my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.” 7 LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled. 8 I cried out to You, O LORD; And to the LORD I made supplication: 9 “What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth? 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me; LORD, be my helper!” 11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
God loves you !
Erlend
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