-- Saturday, 7/24/10 -- FEELING ABANDONED -- Judges 6:13

[J.R. & Bonnie Ricks]

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FEELING ABANDONED -- Judges 6:13 NIV

 

"But sir," Gideon replied, "if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our fathers told us about when they said, 'Did not the LORD bring us up out of Egypt?' But now the LORD has abandoned us and put us into the hand of Midian."

 

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?  Virtually every day, you can hear someone say almost these very words – if the Lord is with me, why has all this happened to me?  I've said those words.  You've said them.  We've all said them.  When the world is falling apart around us, it's hard to remember that the Lord is with us – in control.  We can't understand how - if He really loves us - He could allow disaster to come into our lives.  But He does.  And He does it because He loves us. 

 

Life's disasters are like a polishing stone that smoothes the rough edges off a diamond.  If the diamond could feel, I'm sure it would not enjoy the grinding, vibrating sensation at all.  As a matter of fact, it would probably be excruciatingly painful.  But the result is a sparkling, perfect gem that shines with a brilliance beyond any other in the world.

 

So in the midst of your trials, don't feel abandoned.  Remember the diamond that you will become if you allow God's polishing to do its job.  And praise the Lord for the light that will shine from you as a result of God's polishing.

 

"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.  And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."  James 1:2-3 NIV

 

 

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