When Things Go Wrong

 GodTracker 993

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“Ultimately, even when things go wrong, God’s light will shine on the road ahead and we will succeed in what we choose to do.”

Job 22:28 (NLT)
“You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you.”

Job was a very wealthy and righteous man. It was said of him that he was blameless and upright. He feared God and shunned evil. One day, the devil approached God about Job saying, “Does Job fear God for nothing? Stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse you.” The omniscient God knew Job. He knew that Job’s heart was right and that, whatever befell him, Job would not turn against God. So, though he was not permitted to take Job’s life, the Lord gave the devil permission to test Job by stripping him of all he had including his family, his livestock and even his health.

During his time of trial, Job’s friends offered him copious advice; some good, some not so good. Eliphaz the Temanite wrongly accused Job of wickedness but then said, “Now acquaint yourself with him, and be at peace, thereby good will come to you. Receive instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.” Wise words, indeed, from the man. He then implies that, though things have gone wrong for Job, he would ultimately succeed in all he did as God illuminated his path in life. At the end of Job’s story, we read, “So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. He died, an old man who lived a long, full life.”

If you know and acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour then you have been forgiven of your wrong. By his grace, through Jesus, God has justified you and replaced your heart of sin with his pure righteousness. Therefore, like Job, in Christ, you are blameless and upright. Though he came under intense Satanic attack, Job kept his heart true and never denied God. A fine example to you and me when we come under the devil’s ploy to derail us from our God-given purpose.

So, may we stand strong with wholehearted faith in our Lord. Ultimately, even when things go wrong, God’s light will shine on the road ahead and we will succeed in what we choose to do.  

God-tracking is never wavering even when things go wrong.

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Job 1
Job 22
Job 42:12-16 (NLT)
Romans 3:24
2 Corinthians 5:21

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“Ultimately, I know that I will succeed in whatever I choose to do, and your light will shine on the road ahead of me.”

“Dear Lord, thank you for the story of Job. I praise you that you rescued him when things went wrong and restored his well-being. I take Job’s example and choose to stay true to my faith in you even when things go wrong in my life. I know the enemy of my soul, Satan, is intent on derailing me from my God-given purpose in life. But even though the devil may strip me of all I hold dear, you, O Lord, are my hope and final reward. In you I trust. Ultimately, I know that I will succeed in whatever I choose to do, and your light will shine on the road ahead of me. Amen”

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Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

True Suffering

 GodTracker 978

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“May we take up our crosses and suffer for the sake of righteousness but, in the name of Jesus the Healer, refuse the suffering of sickness and physical harm. For by his wounds, we have been healed!”

Romans 8:17
…and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

Suffering! Suffering is a theological concept that has been taught through the ages of Christianity. But suffering takes on two guises: natural suffering of sickness or physical harm or human suffering of persecution. Scripture tells us that if we suffer with Christ, we may also be glorified with Christ. So, what type of suffering did Jesus endure?

Jesus is God incarnate. One of God’s names is Jehovah Rapha. Directly translated this name means the LORD our Healer. So, as the Son of God, Jesus is Jehovah Rafa and Jesus healed many people of natural suffering while he walked on earth. In fact, more than 2 thirds of all the miracles that Jesus performed were miracles of healing. Therefore, I think it’s safe to say since Jesus removed natural suffering from people, natural suffering is not the type of suffering implied that we need to endure in order to be glorified in Christ.

Jesus did say, however, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” The cross was a symbol of intense suffering at the hands of man. By this statement, Jesus was implying that if we desire to be his followers, we need to be ready to suffer. Indeed. However, the suffering of crucifixion (the cross) was not natural suffering, such as with sickness or disease, it was suffering imposed by the hand of man. That is, crucifixion and the suffering that Jesus endured was persecution. Jesus was persecuted by the religious people of his day to the point of death. Jesus did not resist or retaliate against this type of suffering. Jesus welcomed it because he knew that, after he had suffered for a little while, he would be glorified to the right hand of God in majesty. Therefore, willingly suffering persecution is taking up your cross to the glory of  God. But willingly suffering natural pain, disease or physical harm violates the ethics of the nature and ministry of Christ.

So, may we take up our crosses and suffer for the sake of righteousness but, in the name of Jesus the Healer, refuse the suffering of sickness and physical harm. For by his wounds, we have been healed!

God-tracking is taking up your cross to follow Christ.

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Romans 8:15-18
Matthew 16:24
Hebrews 12:2-3
1 Peter 2:24

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“I make a choice today to pick up my cross when people persecute me for your sake and suffer with Christ that I may be glorified in him.”

“Dear God I have been suffering this illness for too long. I realise now that natural suffering does not glorify you. Therefore, I reject this suffering and claim the physical healing promised by your word. However, dear Lord, I am willing to suffer for the sake of righteousness. I make a choice today to pick up my cross when people persecute me for your sake and suffer with Christ so that I may be glorified in him. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, https://www.surereality.net/podcasts/

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

GOD-TRACKING IS FACING PERSECUTION IN THE VICTORY OF THE CROSS

Dudley Anderson

trACker 571
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12 February 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS FACING PERSECUTION IN THE VICTORY OF THE CROSS

 

Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to these things?
If God is for us, who can be against us?

 

“I was reading that Christians and Jews are the most persecuted people in the world,” said Tony as we prepared to pray that morning. “We have so many enemies around the world. Why do you think that is,” he asked? I tried to explain that it is has to do with the fact both Christians and Jews are worshipers of the one true God Almighty, while the world is under the curse of sin where Satan is lord. Ultimately it’s a battle between good and evil. Satan hates God’s people and will do all he can to wipe them from the face of the earth. As followers of Christ, Christians are particularly persecuted, because Satan continually attempts to undermine Christ’s victory over him at Calvary. My friend grunted some response under his breath as we began our prayer time.

 

I knew that Tony was very angry, and rightly so. However, even though Satan is continually attacking God’s people, Jesus has already conquered him by bearing the wages of our sin when he died. At the cross, the Son of God, who was without sin, humbled himself by taking on the punishment of sin. Jesus became sin for us so that, in him, we could become God’s righteousness. This was how God demonstrated his love for the world in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. And so, through the humility of the cross Jesus triumphed over sin, death and Satan, making a public spectacle of the forces of evil. The Bible tells us that if we confess Jesus as Lord and believe he died and rose again, we will be saved from sin, death and Satan. Therefore, in Christ we are more than conquerors!

 

“You’re already a winner, Tony!” I said as we concluded our prayer time. “But your victory is not over flesh and blood but over the forces of evil behind that flesh and blood. The weapons you fight with are not natural weapons like the gun or the sword; the weapons you fight with are divine and mighty! They have great power to tear down spiritual strongholds and to overcome all the power of Satan. Two of those weapons,” I explained, “are prayer and love. Listen to what Jesus said: ‘Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.’ You see, perfect love casts out fear and only love can change your enemy’s heart. So stand strong in prayer and love. Always remember, God is on your side and if God is for you who can be against you?”

 

God-tracking is facing persecution in the victory of the cross

 

God bless you

 

Dudley

 

Read all about it!2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Romans 5:6-11
Colossians 2:13-15
Romans 10:8-10
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
Matthew 5:43-45
1 John 4:18-19

 

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Give me the strength to love those that persecute us and pray for their salvation

Pray
 “Lord Almighty, I get so very angry when I read how Christians are being persecuted around the world. I also get angry at the people in my own life that bully or persecute me! I realise that this is justifiable anger, but you have not called me to fight back against people. Rather, you have called me to fight against the forces of evil behind the evil acts of people. Therefore, I choose to not hate those who persecute us. I choose – by your grace – to love them. I pray for the persecutors of Christians and Jews around the world that you would make your Word plain to them. Convict them of guilt in regard to sin and bring them to repentance. I pray also for the Suffering Church that you would comfort, heal and deliver them from their attackers. Give them strength to stand up under persecution. And Lord, give me the strength to love those that persecute us and pray for their salvation. To the glory of God I pray. Amen.”

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