Revelation 21:4-5 (MSG)
3-5 I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: “Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They’re his people, he’s their God. He’ll wipe every tear from their eyes. Death is gone for good—tears gone, crying gone, pain gone—all the first order of things gone.” The Enthroned continued, “Look! I’m making everything new. Write it all down—each word dependable and accurate.”
3-5 I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: “Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They’re his people, he’s their God. He’ll wipe every tear from their eyes. Death is gone for good—tears gone, crying gone, pain gone—all the first order of things gone.” The Enthroned continued, “Look! I’m making everything new. Write it all down—each word dependable and accurate.”
I have a tendency to ignore pain, thinking it will always go away. Before you hit me with the, "You should know better you're an adult," allow me to explain. I grew up poor. We didn't go to the Doctor. My Dad was the Doctor at our house. He had a home remedy for everything. We toughed it out. We prayed. Dad did his hocus pocus, which usually worked. Anything from mustard paste on your chest with a kitchen towel, to sweet oil in the ear was acceptable practices at our house. History tends to repeat itself, in the next generation, and so on it goes; until it doesn't.
I mean who knew fillings wear out in about fifty years? I mean the old silver ones. So, it seemed my entire mouth was falling apart from one side to the other. Well, you should have know that? Known what? Fillings all wear out at about the same time, they are like tires on your car. Really? Would I lie about something like teeth? Seriously, this is what I have been dealing with. For over a year... So, I took my first step. Then, I took a second step. Then, I just jumped. Yep, three teeth worked on in less than seven days. Now, I am prayerfully recuperating. I am becoming made whole. Who knew?
I mean who knew fillings wear out in about fifty years? I mean the old silver ones. So, it seemed my entire mouth was falling apart from one side to the other. Well, you should have know that? Known what? Fillings all wear out at about the same time, they are like tires on your car. Really? Would I lie about something like teeth? Seriously, this is what I have been dealing with. For over a year... So, I took my first step. Then, I took a second step. Then, I just jumped. Yep, three teeth worked on in less than seven days. Now, I am prayerfully recuperating. I am becoming made whole. Who knew?
Sticking your head in the sand believing something will just go away is not always the wisest thing to do.
Just because it's 2020 does not mean we have 20/20 vision.
Sometimes those that can't see must feel.
Just because it's 2020 does not mean we have 20/20 vision.
Sometimes those that can't see must feel.
Hosea 4:6 (KJV)
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."
ACTION STEP: Pain became my megaphone that caused me to hear, "Hey, you need to go see a Dentist, and find out why you are in pain?" Did seeing the Dentist make the pain go away? No. The pain did not go away simply by seeing the Dentist anymore than seeing the car I'd been in a wreck in, would have made my broken leg feel better. (Just an example here). No, I had to go through a process that was actually more painful than the tooth pain, in order to have the problem fixed. I am still recovering. But, here's the thing. I will recovery. I have begun the process.
Take the first step. Get your head out of the sand. You are not an Ostrich. I know you don't see the whole staircase. If you did, there would not be a need for you to exercise your faith. No exercise--well then you become weak.
Pain in life is inevitable. Suffering is optional. You may have to suffer due to the pain but, Christ took our pain. Christ bore our sickness. We have the option of laying down what's hurting us and picking up what He died for us to have. (Isaiah 53:4)
However, no one can make you see. God can open your eyes. God can speak to you (and me), but we must be willing to obey what He tells us. Simple? No. Worth it? Yes.
Take the first step. Get your head out of the sand. You are not an Ostrich. I know you don't see the whole staircase. If you did, there would not be a need for you to exercise your faith. No exercise--well then you become weak.
Pain in life is inevitable. Suffering is optional. You may have to suffer due to the pain but, Christ took our pain. Christ bore our sickness. We have the option of laying down what's hurting us and picking up what He died for us to have. (Isaiah 53:4)
However, no one can make you see. God can open your eyes. God can speak to you (and me), but we must be willing to obey what He tells us. Simple? No. Worth it? Yes.
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