"God Is Great" -2

"Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion; on the sides of the north, the city of the great King." (Psalms 48:2) Because "Situation" is a noun, it should make us realize something when it comes to the circumstances in our lives, that is of course if you actually believe that your circumstances are ordained by God, then you should know that they are real; no matter how temporary, or how unbelievable, nothing happens in our lives by accident. With that, if you actually truly believe that God has your back, and that God really does concern Himself with your life, then any and every circumstances should be accepted with joy and gladness, knowing that God is working out something good in your life. Of course we do not actually get to see everything that God is doing; there is this "Beautiful Mountain" set before us that makes it impossible to observe what He is doing on the other side; but this "Beautiful Mountain" should tell us that He is doing great things, things which are beyond our imagination or the plans of our minds. Basically the thing that I am trying to say, is that this is real, although very temporary and filled with death and destruction, this place is real enough to make a difference in our eternal existence. Now matter how short lived our lives might appear compared to eternity, this little window matters in each of our lives; we are here for a purpose, and we are being tested in that purpose. It is like that old Indian screen that used to show up on our TV screen halfway through our favorite show, saying, "This is a test", a minor interruption in an otherwise routine experience of life, we are here today and gone tomorrow, but it is not for nothing. This is so unlike what they are teaching our children in school today; we are raising a generation that is without hope; and I know that might sound a little extreme, but it is so very true! We cannot see what is on the other side of anything, but yet if we know that God is there, and that He loves us, then we can always have hope... "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls." (1 Peter 1:6-9)