Why Should a Christian be in Heaviness?
Author: Rev. Esther Holmes
May 10, 2018
Think about it! II Tim 3:12 All that live godly will
suffer persecution.
Heaviness will overcome a Christian
when people we believe in turn and judge us and ridicule us all in the name of
the Lord. Kick us when we are down.
After experiencing a season of
closeness to God, you will find grievous trials will follow.
How do we deal with this? We must
understand why these things happen to us. Ask God questions about the
trial, understanding gives comfort and strength.
If need be – I Peter 1:6. That
is the secret.
If such proves needful – for you not
someone else – a different purpose in it. God has appointed it. Not an
accident but in order to bring me to perfection, that we are made more and more
conformable to His image.
Manifold temptations are not always
chastening. If we become slothful in our discipline He will chasten
us. Heb 12 “Whom the Lord loves He chastens”
The Lord may require this before He
will entrust to you a big task. You will be tested. Joseph – what a
dismal life, put through many trials, his own people turned on him. He was sold
to the enemy, everyone turned against him. But in all this God was
preparing him for the great position he had for him.
God sends a series of small trials
to prepare us for the big ones. The lion and the bear prepared David for
Goliath.
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