My Mama called me her little Missourian. She said of all her twelve children, I was the one who repeatedly asked "why". Raised in the "Show Me" State, I'm still inquisitive.
I want to know how God thinks.
Romans 11:33,34 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out. For who hath known the mind of The Lord? . . . .
The answer is that no one knows the depth of His ways. The Old Testament reveals His passionate love, mercy, and judgement for Isreal. The New Testament displays Jesus obeying the will of His Father all the way to the cruel cross of Calvary. Redemption for the sins of mankind is unsearchable love.
I may not know the depth of His ways, but I know He knows me and loves me. Why does he love some one so undeserving as me? Why?
Psalm 146;2 While I live will I praise The Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
God is worthy of our love, our devotion, our obedience, and everything we can offer Him. But most of all, He is worthy of our praise.
The real reason for genuine praise is internal, not external. We praise Him because we are saved and are His child. We praise Him because we are secure in Jesus forever, and we are headed to a city called Heaven. We praise Him because we can rejoice when life is harsh.
We also praise The Lord for His Majestic Greatness. He is the God of creation, who said, "Let there be . . . " and there was. He extends His awesome, limitless power to us in salvation and day by day support.
When We exchange the earthly for the Heavenly, the anthems of the redeemed will revolve around Jesus, Who is worthy to be praised (Rev. 5:9,12).
How important is prayer? It's the greatest tool available to believers. It's the source of our power, the means of our praise, and the avenue of our spiritual prosperity. We should pray often.
1 Timothy 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men.
We can bring our grief and concerns to God with assurance, aware that He is Holy, majestic, righteous, faithful, merciful, and gracious.
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Every prayer should worship, praise and thank God for all He is and all He has done.
In times of discouragement, ask The Lord to reveal His will for your life, then trust Him and rejoice.
It's a precious time when we commue and fellowship with our Lord.
No battle is pleasant when we are in it. However, sufferings often cause us to look toward Heaven and find hope.
Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
The glory that shall be revealed in us is a change of address and appearance. In Heaven our frail, weak, dying bodies will be replaced with perfect, eternal bodies like that of Jesus. But our sufferings are not worthy to be compared to Glory.
2 Corinthians 4:17,18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal: but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Thank God, that while there is suffering here, there is Glory there.
