"The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it."
"Because God gave us freedom of choice, we can ignore the will of God, argue with it, disobey it, even fight against it, but in the end the will of God shall prevail."
It listed three mistakes that we must avoid as we deal with the problems and trials of life. Only the first one was covered in these verses:
Unbelief: trying to run from our problems --
"No matter how difficult our circumstances may be, the safest and best place is in the will of God. It's easy to say with David, 'O, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest!' But it's wiser to claim the promise of Isaiah 40:31 and wait on the Lord for 'wings like eagles' and by faith soar above the storms of life. You can't run away from your problems."
"Elimelech majored on the physical and not the spiritual. A husband and father certainly wants to provide for his wife and family, but he must not do it at the expense of losing the blessing of God." "In times of difficulty, if we die to self and put God's will first, we can be sure that He will either take us out of the trouble or bring us through it."
Elimelech's family stayed in Moab for ten years. "At the end of that decade of disobedience, all that remained were three lonely widows and three Jewish graves in a heathen land. Everything else was gone. Such is the sad consequence of unbelief."
Father, thanks for the reminder to seek out Your will when hard times come. And I also just remembered from Experiencing God that if I haven't heart a fresh word from You, then I am to keep doing the last thing You told me to do.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
Gary Ford
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