Trials - May 24, 2007

After my sermon this past week, one of the members at 24-Seven sent me a very powerful email that included a lot of Bible promises.  The first line, however, was a quote from a gentlemen by the name of Louis Cassels, author of The Reality of God, which read:

“If God wants you to do something, He’ll make it possible for you to do it, but the grace He provides comes only with the task and cannot be stockpiled beforehand.  We are dependent on him from hour to hour, and the greater our awareness of this fact, the less likely we are to faint or fail in a crisis.”

It seems to me that there is great wisdom in this statement, but do I believe it? 

Pastor Gary Curry (one of the pastors on staff here at 24-Seven) asked me the other day if I had allowed my dreams to die so that God’s dreams for me could truly live.  While my initial response was that I had, I think that God may have had a different perspective.  You see the next few days after that I found myself on my knees begging God to allow my dreams to die so that His could live fully in me.  Talk about the junk hitting the fan, next thing I know my entire world is falling apart.  My foundation is rocked.  Before my life was full of roses, but now I can’t seem to smell or see anything pleasant.  And that is when God shows up to ask me, “Matthew can you trust Me by praising me even in the tough times?”

I honestly feel that I am learning a deeper lesson of walking by faith, like Joshua did. 

I hope to see you again this coming Saturday as we will tackle chapter 2 of Joshua in a sermon called God’s Prostitute. 

PS - I want to wish my lovely wife Susan a very Happy Birthday today! 

Posted by matthew gamble on May 23, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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