Good morning FB family and I bid each of you a happy Sunday. Today I pray everyone will have an opportunity to experience God through fellowship and worship. Today be encouraged because God has the final word. You have not seen Gods best, your day of deliverance has already been appointed by God. For a few minutes be encouraged from these words. Psalm 66:10-12 (NIV) 10 For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver. 11 You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs. 12 You let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance. From not enough to The Overflow Psalm 66 is the second of four psalms that all call upon the whole earth to praise God. We are not promised a pain-less, suffering-less and losses-free life. Indeed, the mark of a believer is defined by the battles he is called to confront and the real issue is not how many battles we fight but the constant, consistent saving grace of God. It is inevitable that many of us will experience and grow through tests: tests in our finances, marriages, relationships, careers/jobs/businesses, academic pursuits, societal and institutional tests. We respond to these tests either with hopeful-ness or with hopelessness(confidence and despondence). We are never at our best when tests are involved. Sometimes we become indifferent, dismissive and philosophical and most times, without being aware or realising it, we fail to see how God demonstrates His presence and love for us whenever we experience tests and trials.The fact is: whether we like it or not TESTINGS and TRIALS are guaranteed phases of life. We shall have several tests in our journey of life and it helps to know that many of the tests, trials and challenges that we face or are confronted with are orchestrated and engineered by God. Here is the hope in the message: The Psalmist pointedly asserts that God is the author of tests. To be “proved” by God is to be tried and tested by God. The old English word, “prove” connotes a process of being called to demonstrate our abilities and qualities; to show our true mettles and what we are made of. The strength of a precious metal does not lie in its raw-ness but in its potential - its ability to glow, shine and radiate quality after being tested. Gold and silver became what they are because they are proven in the furnace of fire to reveal their true worth. In the same way, God takes us through “the fire, the furnace of life” so that His right grind produces, and, gives us the right flavour that we need to fulfil His destiny. The trials and testings are Gods prerogative and He does them for one purpose: to make us wiser, better and stronger in order to fulfil our divine destinies. In closing meditate on this: Testings and trials are designed to build in us godly character and strength which helps us become better individuals doing Gods will in a world that is full of perversion and corruption. God uses trials and tests to teach about what is the most important thing in our lives. We may complain and groan but God wants us to know that Hes got our best interests and His desire is that we realise that the solution to whatever adverse situation we may be going through lies entirely in HIM and HIS WORD. If we cooperate with God, we can survive any adversity with aplomb and grace and we can become proficient in His Word. BE BLESSED!!
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:06:44 +0000