Right here in my heart.
Hate to admit it after 25 years of being a Christ follower, I still let them go 10 rounds inside of me.
Today, I had to face up to this battle. I love Christ's Church, but I cannot rule over it. (Thank goodness God has it covered)
People are people, and they tend to do things that do not match up with Scripture. They tend to do those things in His Church.
Yikes! The idea that the name of Christ and His church might get dirtied, makes me very angry and afraid. The idea that His work would be hindered makes me worried.
I have done all that is humanly possible and scriptural to act in the situation but to no avail. I have prayed and will continue to pray intently over this situation. I have been encouraged by mentors and my dear husband walks along side me in prayer.
Then I hear a message on Hope this morning. We who are in Christ are the Hopeful! We have Hope in a person, in the one True Living God.
Finally I "Googled" the word Hope in the Bible and the very first verse that came up was this:
Romans 8:24-25
24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Knock out blow. TKO.
God wants me to have hope when no solution is seen because of the fact that I know who He is.
He hears me.
My part is just the meager act of letting my faith take the form of patience. If my patience shows how great I believe my God is, I pray I will be the picture of peaceful patience. Reign great and mighty Lord of Host!
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