Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 219
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Isn’t
it amazing that man can come up with ideas about “life” when God has never
mentioned any such thing, and in reality ONLY Jesus can bring Life! Michael takes a very familiar scripture,
often quoted (usually just a small portion), and people take off as if they
have the secret to “life”…
DAY 214
One Praise Before An Event Is Worth 1,000 Afterward
“For I know the plans that
I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to
give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to
Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find {Me} when you search
for Me with all your heart. And I will be found by you,” declares the LORD. --Jeremiah 29:11-14
I believe it! He has plans for me. Everything is
working toward those plans; nothing is working against me, for He is for me.
I believe that His plans
include a future and a hope. I believe that He is listening to me. I believe
that I have sought Him because He first sought me, and I believe that I have
found Him. But
today I cannot see it! It seems dark. It feels empty. It looks like a reversal.
What am I to do? This
is the testing of my faith, because I know He has never disappointed me. Therefore I will praise Him!
It is in this darkness that my
praise means the most to Him. In this time of darkness before the fulfillment,
one praise offered to God is worth one thousand after the promise is received.
Today if you have no job,
praise God! If your marriage and family are not working out, praise God! If you
have found yourself once again in defeat, praise God! If physical ailments have
led to spiritual defeats, praise God! One praise before the trial ends is worth one thousand
after it.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
In my introductory comment I left the idea incomplete…here is more: …and
they really don’t BELIEVE what they have just said (quoted). Take for instance, New Year’s
resolutions…there is nothing in the Bible about these…a man-made “plan” for
their life to get better. How many
follow through on these resolutions?
Most people, even Christians, do not truthfully BELIEVE God has a plan
for their life…they do not live like He does.
We have a tendency to say some “spiritual” things, then go off as if we
never even thought of them, much less believe them!
Michael exhibits his BELIEF in what God has said in Jeremiah 29:11-14 by
admitting that even when “today” doesn’t “show” the truth of the text, he
praises God anyway! Every test of our
“faith” is really a test about what we BELIEVE about God…what He has said, what
He is capable of doing, etc., etc., etc.
It is not what we believe about us, or our capabilities, or our
circumstances.
And Michael makes a declaration that we ought to meditate on, check our
“faith,” and then be honest with ourselves as to what we really BELIEVE, and
whether it has been turned into FAITH by God.
Look at it again: because
I know He has never disappointed me. How many of us have passed this test in ALL
situations? We can BELIEVE in one thing,
and God has given us His FAITH to solidify it…then turn around and be an
UNBELIEVING Believer in the next thing.
Now listen…Michael
gives us a great LIFE foundational truth: One praise before the trial ends is worth one thousand
after it. It’s just like “faith”
and “fact”…faith must come before, fact is afterward. It is not faith if it is afterward. Anybody
can “praise” God AFTER the fact. A Believer is the only one who can
BELIEVE GOD (and PRAISE Him) BEFORE the trial ends.
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