MAKE THE MOST OF LIFE THROUGH YOUR DILEMMA

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“Even within your dilemma, he is reminding you that every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare[a] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah predicted that Judah would be conquered by the Babylonians and taken into exile for 70 years. The Jews had rebelled against God and their captivity was the result. However, through Jeremiah, though angry with his people, God instructs them to make the most of their dilemma. He tells them to build houses, plant gardens and have children. They were to seek the welfare of the city where he sent them into exile. He was still with them.                        

Though God was angry, he still loved his children. Through the same prophet who predicted ruin he says, “I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not uproot them,” and “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

You may feel as though you’re in exile today, far from your dreams of prosperity and peace. Could be you’re suffering the ills of a bad decision or a rebellious act but know this… your Lord will never leave you or forsake you. Abba Father loves you very much just as a regular dad loves his kids, though they may be stubborn or defiant at times. Even within your dilemma, he is reminding you that every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. So, don’t despair. Like the people of God in Babylonian exile, turn your eyes back to Jesus and make the most of your situation. He is still with you.

God-tracking is believing he with you through life’s predicaments

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Jeremiah 29:4-7
Jeremiah 24:4-7
James 1:17

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

Strengthen my arms and help me to stand on my own two feet

“Dear Father, forgive me for taking my eyes off Jesus. I confess and repent of any rebellion in my heart and turn back again to seek your face. I find myself in a dilemma today because of my poor judgement. However, I realise that you are still with me – even in this mess. So, dear God, I choose to make the most of this quandary by fixing my eyes on Jesus and working with all my might, in excellence, for your glory. I will give it all I’ve got in the hope that you will turn this predicament around and restore me in the land of your promise. Thank you, Abba. Amen.”

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INTIMATELY KNOWING GOD THROUGH THE DROUGHTS

 

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“So, let’s get intimate with God in all our ways and wait in certain hope that the spring rains will come.”

Hosea 6:3
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”

I received a text message from a good friend this morning that encouraged me no end. Sean quoted Hosea 6:3 reminding me that the Hebrew word for “know” is yaw-dah, which has a great variety of senses, figuratively and literally. It is the same word that is used in the intimate relationship between husband and wife. Sean encouraged me to press in and know God intimately, that is, to seek the thoughts and plans of God during, especially through the dry seasons of life.

Then, quoting the rest of the verse, Sean said, “I started to imagine what it must feel like when the spring rains finally come. In the dry arid climate of Israel, the spring rains must bring such relief, joy and hope. I feel God is saying to us, during these dry times, relief and joy will come. As the dawn comes after the night, God will come through for us.” Then he added, “So, now is the time, before the rains, to really press in and know God.”

The Covid-19 pandemic has so drastically influenced our societies that lives and livelihoods have been decimated. The pandemic ushered in one of the greatest socio-economic droughts this world has ever known. But God! But God was and still is on his throne. He was and still is the source of our economic, social, mental and physical wellbeing. And God! And God knows the plans he has for us as we seek to know him intimately; plans for welfare and not for evil, to give us a future and a hope.

Therefore, hold on tightly as you seek to know God intimately in all you are and all you do, Live by God’s Word, which reminds us to acknowledge (which in Hebrew is the same word, yaw-dah) the Lord in all our ways and he will direct our paths. So, let’s get intimate with God in all our ways and wait in the certain hope that the spring rains will come.

God-tracking is knowing God intimately through the droughts of life

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Isaiah 55:6-11
Jeremiah 29:11-13
Proverbs 3:5-6

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I rest in your care and the knowledge of your intimacy

“O my dear Lord, I praise you that you are always on the throne and in control of the affairs of man. Forgive me for doubting your knowledge of my situation. I choose to acknowledge you intimately in everything I am and all I do in life. I know that you know the plans you have for me; plans for my welfare and not evil. So, during these trying times, I choose to know you with reverent intimacy. I know the spring rains will come – you will restore my fortunes, as it says in your Word, in your time. I rest in your care and the knowledge of your intimacy. Amen.”

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CONTINUE TO MARCH IN FAITH, WITH PATIENCE

 

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“So, continue to work as God has called you to work. Continue to pray with persistence. Continue to confess your needs met in Jesus. Continue to patiently march around that city until God’s brings its walls down in his time.”

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us

Scottish minister and hymn writer, George Matheson wrote, "We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards the couch. Yet there is a patience that I believe to be harder – the patience that can run. It is the power to work under stress; to have a great weight at your heart and still run; to have a deep anguish in your spirit and still perform the daily tasks. It is a Christ-like thing! The hardest thing is that most of us are called to exercise our patience, not in the sickbed but in the street."

Sometimes following Christ often places great expectations upon our shoulders. For instance, we read in Matthew that we are all called go into all the world and make disciples of all nations. Yet patience is required to follow God’s directives; a patience in action. Like we see when Joshua led the Israelites to conquer Canaan.

The conquest began with Jericho. God gave his people intricate instructions to march around the city for seven days before he brought the walls down. They weren’t told to sit on their couches and wait for victory. They were told to get up and march while waiting patiently for God to work a miracle.

If you are waiting on God for a miracle, be patient. He is faithful and he will do it. Yet, be encouraged to continue walking in faith. Often, we are tempted to sit down in a state of inaction thinking God will do all the work for us. Faith requires action. James, the bother of Jesus said, “Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

So, continue to work as God has called you to work. Continue to pray with persistence. Continue to confess your needs met in Jesus. Continue to patiently march around that city until God brings its walls crashing down in his time.

God-tracking is marching with patience in faith that God will act

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Matthew 28:19-20
Joshua 6:1-21
James 2:18

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Help me to get on with life while I wait patiently in hope that you will come through for me

 

“O Lord, it feels like I’ve been waiting ages for this need to be met. I know you have the power and are willing to answer my prayer. I know I need to wait patiently for you to provide. Yet, help me to not be inactive while I wait. Help me to continue to praise you for answered prayer. Help me to continue to confess my needs met according to your riches in Christ. Help me to get on with life while I wait patiently in hope that you will come through for me. I know you will, O Lord. You who promised are faithful. Amen.”

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PRAYING FROM A HEAVENLY VANTAGE POINT

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“Because he died, you are mentioned in his will. Because he rose again, you have new life and are seated in Christ in heavenly places.”

1 John 5:15
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

While walking to post a letter this morning I was praying about certain need in my life. Like the next guy, I have a few ill family members and a selection of personal needs that I’m waiting on the Lord to provide. As I walked, I prayed for God to meet these needs. I know the Bible tells us that God hears our prayers but how certain can I be that I’m praying according to his will?

Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given to you. For everyone who asks receives.” Yet in John’s first epistle we read, “If we ask anything according to his will he hears us.” In normal society, a person’s will is a written document specifying the conditions of the distribution of the inheritance at his death. Jesus left his disciples – you and me – an inheritance when he died. You’re in his will! The conditions of your inheritance are found in Jesus’ last will and testament – the New Testament, where his words are found. Therefore, to know if you are asking according to his will you need to ask according to his Word. God’s Word is God’s will.

So, Jesus died and left you an inheritance in his will. Part of that inheritance is forgiveness of sins and new life. However, this new life would be of no use to us if Jesus was dead. Thankfully (and this is the really good news) Jesus did not remain dead. Three days after he died, Jesus came alive again. Because he died, you are mentioned in his will. Because he rose again, you have new life and are seated in Christ in heavenly places. So, when you ask according to his Word you are asking according to his will. And because you are seated in Christ you are praying from a heavenly vantage point; you approach the throne of God in Christ.

Your authority for answered prayer; your credentials to pray according to the will of God is to pray with confidence, according to his Word, in Christ and Christ in you.

God-tracking is praying with confidence from a heavenly vantage point.

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Matthew 7:7-11
1 John 5:13-15
Ephesians 2:4-6
Hebrews 4:16

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So, I pray from my heavenly vantage point, in the name of Jesus

“Dear Lord, I know you hear my prayers, always. Help me to study your Word that I may know your will for every situation I face in life. I do know, however, that your Word says that it is your will to heal the sick… by your wounds we have been healed. Your Word is your will. So, I pray for every sick person in my family and lay claim to my inheritance in your will that you will heal their infirmities and frailties. You are the LORD who heals us. Thank you that I am found in Christ and he is in me. So, I pray from my heavenly vantage point, in the name of Jesus. Amen.”

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REST IN PRAYER WHILE WAITING FOR YOUR DELIVERANCE

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 “I advise, drop a prayer over your problems then sit back and wait on your Lord for his healing, provision, deliverance and renewal.”

John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

We’re living in a universally unprecedented time of difficulty. The Covid-19 pandemic has taken many lives and destroyed countless livelihoods. Difficulties are a certainty of life. What to do when the devil levels his best at you? Perhaps this old woodsman’s advice is sound: “When catching a porcupine watch for the slapping tail as you dash in and drop a large washtub over him. The washtub will give you something to sit on while you ponder your next move."

Jesus said, “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” He also taught us to pray, “Do not lead us into hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One,” and he said, “Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

If you have been impacted by the Covod-19 pandemic, let me assure you, from scripture, that you do not this ill alone; he is in the furnace with you. It could be you’ve suffered other difficulties of late that have left you emotionally destitute and in despair. If so then I advise, drop a prayer over your problems then sit back and wait on your Lord for his healing, provision, deliverance and renewal. Remember, God’s ways are not our ways and his ways are best. Japanese prisoner of war Jacob De Shazer said, "I knew that God's way will work no matter what the circumstances.

God-tracking is resting in prayer while you wait for your deliverance.   

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Matthew 6:13 (CJB)
Matthew 28:20
Isaiah 55:6-9

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I cover this “porcupine” in prayer and rest in the knowledge that you are in control

“Dear Lord, I am facing some major issues at the moment. I’m finding it so difficult to carry on with life. I don’t know how to contain these problems except by prayer, So, O holy God of the impossible, I present all my needs to you in the name of Jesus. Thank you Jesus that you promised to never forsake me. I believe you have overcome these issues, already. So, I commit all my needs to you; I cast my cares on you because you care for me. I cover this “porcupine” in prayer and rest in the knowledge that you are in control. Amen.”

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HEALING IS FOUND UNDER THE SOUND OF GOD’S WORD

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“The word of God is fulfilling and able to restore you when you’re empty. And the word of God is like a soothing ointment for your bruised soul.”

Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

“I feel so spiritually dry at the moment,” Anne explained to me when I rang her one evening to have a chat. “It’s as though God is far away and doesn’t hear my prayers anymore,” she added. Anne was a good friend and had been a Christian for many years but, although she loved the Lord, she was prone to bouts of depression, which would leave her feeling low and dry. I might add, too that I had not seen Anne in church for the past few weeks. I knew she’d not been away from home and yet she’d chosen to stay away from fellowship at a time when she needed to be sitting under the sound of God’s word.

Going to church does not make anybody a Christian just as sitting in a bank would not make someone a banker. And yet, the Church is made up of people who are called the body of Christ. When the body of Christ meets to worship God, it becomes the temple of the Holy Spirit with each believer’s body a living stone in God’s temple. To be a Christian is to be a body part of Christ but meeting with other Christians is to be part of the body of Christ. And where the believers come together in unity, God commands his blessing! So for Anne, not coming to church only kept her out of the blessing of God and away from her place of healing.

Perhaps you feel a little like Anne today. If you do then may I encourage you to remain in a place of healing where you will hear God’s word? The word of God is encouraging and able to lift you when you’re down. The word of God is fulfilling and able to restore you when you’re empty. And the word of God is like a soothing ointment for your bruised soul. So not going to church when you’re feeling depressed or disillusioned is like not going to a hospital when you’re gravely ill.

God-tracking is remaining under the sound of his healing word 

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1 Corinthians 12:27
1 Peter 2:4-5
Ephesians 2:19-22
Psalm 133

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A Place Where I Can Leap Like a Calf

“Lord, I admit that I’m feeling down today. I confess that I’ve taken myself out from under the sound of your word. I do believe that my healing is in your word so I choose to return to fellowship and prayer. Forgive me for ignoring your word, O Lord. Today I return to you and revere your name. You are my ‘sun of righteousness’ and I place myself under the shadow of your healing wings. Thank you for restoring my joy and my peace. Thank you that your word has returned me to a place where I can leap like a calf. Amen.”

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A GREATER MEASURE OF SHALOM

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“This is the same Father God who said, ‘For I know the thoughts that I think toward you; thoughts of peace, and not of evil.’ The English KJV Bible uses the word peace but the original Hebrew word is shalom.”

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Karen and I had just cleared customs and climbed aboard our tour bus in Israel. It was a warm April afternoon in Tel Aviv. There was an air of jubilation among our travelling comrades, excited to be spending the next ten days together. We were thrilled to be traveling through the Holy Land visiting the many sites where Jesus lived and ministered. Naturally, none of us spoke any modern Hebrew. As our tour guide settled us down and welcomed us to Israel he said, “The first thing I need to tell you is, in Israel, we do not say ‘hello’ or ‘goodbye’. We always greet one another with only one word, the word shalom.”

I always thought that shalom meant peace. Indeed, it does. However, this word means a lot more than just peace. In English, we often have only one word to describe complex emotions. Take the word love, for instance. English has only one word for love (excluding similar words that describe the same emotion, like affection). In Greek, for example, there are four different words for love that describe four different aspects of the emotion. The same goes for the word, peace. In English peace means freedom from disturbance or tranquillity, whereas the Hebrew word shalom means so much more. According to Strong’s Dictionary shalom means, safe, happy, friendly, welfare, prosperity and… peace.

God-tracking is based on the premise that God knows the plans he has for us. Our God is a benevolent and loving Father. Every father desires the best for his children. As Jesus once said, “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!” This is the same Father God who said, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you; thoughts of peace, and not of evil.” The English KJV Bible uses the word peace but the original Hebrew word is shalom. Therefore, God’s thoughts for you are for your safety, happiness, welfare, prosperity and… peace.

God-tracking is walking in God’s shalom

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Matthew 7:7-11
Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV)
John 16:33

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Shalom to you and yours at this trying time. Looking to the future, I believe God is saying to us all, “I’ve got this!” A very happy CHRISTmas to you and praying for a year of recovery for 2021.
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Therefore, by your Word, I claim safety, happiness, welfare, prosperity and peace

“Heavenly Father, thank you so much for your shalom. I praise you that your thoughts – your plans – for me are plans for my safety, happiness, welfare, prosperity and peace. Your word promises that, in Christ, I have a hopeful and prosperous 2021. Jesus promised that, though we may have trouble in the world, he has overcome the world and given us his shalom. Therefore, by your Word, I claim safety, happiness, welfare, prosperity and peace. All for your Glory. Amen.”

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