August 6, 2013 . SOMETIMES NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO . II Chronicles 15:7 "But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded." . Because someone has a strong faith in God does not mean he is an unmovable pillar of faith that never doubts. I have seen some of the greatest giants of faith sometimes fall short of the glory. I must confess, sometimes I sit in the quietness of my own heart and in my spirit feel confused as to what to do next in life. I remember when this first happened I started to doubt my spirituality and even my relationship with my God and Savior. I felt that because I had reached a certain point in my faith, that I would never doubt my God again. But I soon discovered that even the strongest of the strong can have their times of doubt. While I can speak from my many experiences in my faith in God, I can also tell you of the times I felt such a spiritual confusion that I found it hard to know what to do next. Honestly, being in this situation scares me. It scares me because I feel this guilt in my life for doubting a loving God who has seen me through every day of my of my life; not just when I accepted Him as my personal Savior but even before I came to faith. At that time I felt that I was just lucky, but soon after my salvation I discovered that luck had nothing to do with it because it was all God. . The writer of II Chronicles said, "But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded." He ordered us to be strong and not give up. So what does it mean to be strong? It does not mean you do not doubt. But it does mean that in midst of your troubles, you still keep your eyes focused upward and keep moving on. Being strong does not mean one does not suffer pain. By all means, when I was into weight lifting I lived by the code, "No Pain, No Gain." Pain was part of growth and pain was part of doubting. I remember the first time I went over three hundred pounds on my bench press. I knew I could do two hundred and ninety so what was ten more pounds. Ten more pounds was enough to cause this man of confidence to doubt. But as you stand strong, you do not give up. You keep your eyes focused on what you can do and stand with confidence in what more you can do. So I added ten pounds. God the Creator wants us to keep on keeping on. He wants us to keep our eyes on the possibilities and not the fear that takes us away from our goal. A true person of faith does not allow doubt and fear to discourage him; he keeps focused on God because he knows if he continues to trust God that he will be rewarded. Sometimes not knowing what to do gives us no other choice but to keep on pressing on and trusting God the Creator. . Robert Soto Lipan Apache and Pastor of: . McAllen Grace Brethren Church Native American New Life Center Chief of Chiefs Christian Church . Vice Chairman of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:08:58 +0000
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