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WORKING
BACKWARDS OR HINDSIGHT
ON GOD'S FAITHFULNESS
IS 20/20
"Just
grab a Bible, open and
read it!" I heard
clearly in my mind.
I
grabbed a copy of the
NLT Living Water Bible,
flipped to the Psalms
and settled on Psalm
139.
But a notation just
beside the chapter caught
my eye: Assurance Psalm
138:8
I
lifted my eyes to read:
"The Lord will
workout His plans for
my life - for Your faithful
love, O Lord endures
forever! Don't abandon
me, for You made me.
V8"
That
sounded good, it spoke
to my heart so I continued
up the page to V7.
"Though I am surrounded
by troubles, You will
preserve me against
the anger of my enemies!
Your power will save
me."
So
far so good, why not
try V6.
"I said though
the Lord is great, He
cares for the humble,
but He keeps His distance
from the proud"
Good
teaching I thought,
and read the rest of
Psalm 138, back to front
where V1 begins with
(or in my case, ends
with)
"I give You thanks
O Lord, with all my
heart, I will sing Your
praises before the gods!"
I
had worked back through
my trials, through my
trouble, grief, stress,
fear, anger, disappointment,
frustration, misunderstanding
and found that the Lord
was there all the time
just waiting for me
to return - He never
left.
I
was the absent minded
Professor of my ailments;
He remained the Great
Physician of my soul.
Sometimes it's hard
to see God through the
pain, your spiritual
eyes water, your spirit
aches, all the woes
of the world weigh upon
your shoulders, it is
in these times we need
to allow God to shoulder
the burden for us, to
hold on to the truth
that God does all things
through and because
of His great love for
you and for me.
Rejoice
in the Lord Always!
Dario
Ferko
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