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The other night I
received news that made me very
sad. I told the Lord that I did
not understand why this was
happening. I ask Him to give me
peace and calm my troubled soul.
Since I have been praying for
this situation for a long time, I
felt as though my prayers were
not going to be answered in the
way that I expected. For a long
time I had been praying God's
will for this situation and
simply could not understand why
this hurt had raised its ugly
head once again. So I begin to
pray and make graphics. (Some
times, when I am sad, I will make
graphics and I pray.)
While I was making a desktop
wallpaper, I ask Abba, Father,
what scripture He would like for
me to use on the wallpaper. In a
moment or so, the Holy Spirit
brought Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 to my
attention. Little did I know
that God was in the process of
answering my prayer and about to
bring much comfort to my heart.
I began typing the scripture onto
the graphic. As I typed the words, "a time to
every purpose under heaven" jumped out at me.
Peace entered into my heart as I accepted the
fact that God has a purpose for everything that
touches our lives; and when I prayed, Your will
be done Father, I felt even more peace. Sadness
had been replaced with peace and joy. Below are
the truths that had made my heart happy again.
- All
things that pertain to our lives
hold a divine purpose which will
ultimately bring our life to the
expected end that God desires for
us.
- God's knows exactly
what is best for each individual
even if one does not receive the
answer to prayer that he/she
hoped for. God has our best
interest in His heart even when
we are made sad by someone else's
decision. He allows joy and
sorrow in our lives for His
divine purposes to be obtained.
- We are to wait
patiently as God
softens and prepares the heart of
the ones we pray for. He is at
work in the life of the one we
are praying for, bringing about
circumstances to fit His will for
that person and for us.
- That we need to give up our
desires and let Him fill us with
His desire for all of our
situations and circumstances.
Hurting or not we need to pray,
"Father, not my
will, but Yours be done."
Then we need to accept the truth
that all will be well because God
is in control.
- Joy, peace, and goodness comes
to the one whose trust
is in the Lord.
- We are not to be tossed back
and forth by emotions and
feelings. Instead we are to
walk by faith
continually expecting that God
will do what is best for us.
- Be satisfied
and content
with all that God has planned for
our lives for His ways are always
for our good. |
