"Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter." (Ecclesiastes 10:20 KJV)
"As he rode along, the crowds spread out their garments on the road ahead of him. When he reached the place where the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the wonderful miracles they had seen. "Blessings on the King who comes in the name of the LORD! Peace in heaven, and glory in highest heaven!" But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, "Teacher, rebuke your followers for saying things like that!" He replied, "If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!"" (Luke 19:36-40 NLT)
Because it matters, I ask that there be some sort of goodness in this world; at least something that will cause some people to pay attention and start to turn towards the Lord, feeling that they see hope in all that is being done. Other than that, when the church will be taken up, there will be a great number of people who will believe; but they will be forced to stand up for what they believe, losing their heads in the process!
I have heard it said, multiple times: "If you can't confess Jesus now, with the out fear of facing death, what makes you think you will confess Him then, while you are going to be killed if you do?" Those who pretend that they will believe when they see proof, as if there is such a thing as, "seeing is believing," will find out soon enough, seeing really doesn't change the human heart. If you saw all of the miracles that Jesus did, why then would His disciples flee, when they witnessed, Him being put to death?
Think about those who walked through the Red Sea, while the water was held up like walls, as they safely walked through the sea: Did they have undeniable faith after they saw that mighty miracle? No; after all of what God did to deliver them from Egypt, every time they felt the need, they complained, "If only the LORD had killed us back in Egypt!"
No wonder it matters more about faith, than it does about seeing! We must have faith to believe, because seeing is only for a moment, then it flees: "Out of sight, out of mind!" Just because you have been disappointed over something that might have happened in your life, it doesn't mean that you cannot still have faith. What God does with those things which disappoint us, we really don't see how or why, but they will somehow all work towards the good, in one way or another.
I have tried several times to imagine why God has allowed what happen to my wife; but each and every time, although I am disappointed by it, I still trust that He is working things out, in ways that I could never really fully understand. We don't get to see the whole picture, just glimpses of the things we might be part of, but most of the miracles happen where we cannot see.
Anywho, that's my take on what I feel God is saying, through Solomon; if that is really true, as we have been so mightily shown! Is this really His Word? Do you sincerely believe it is so? If you do, then stand your ground and don't back down...
"For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes - the Jew first and also the Gentiles. This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life." But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God." (Romans 1:16-20 NLT)
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