Saturday, June 4, 2016

"Unquestionable"

"We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done." (Psalms 78:4) Without a doubt, the most harm we can do to our children, (children includes those coming up behind us,) is to demonstrate unbelief in the sight of our own circumstances and trials. I know it's sometimes hard to monitor our own actions, but if you're really honest with yourself, you know you know when your acting as if you don't trust God as much as you should. I mean, we all can be in the situation, and no doubt, we all sometimes are; but you know the Holy Spirit will let you know when you're not acting like you believe everything written and promised us in the Bible. He is such a Gentleman about the way He does it, we just sometimes tend to ignore Him; that is until someone like our spouse or children remind us that we are acting like we don't believe God can handle our situation. It's sometimes not a question if God can handle it or not, it's more about whether or not we can handle it. Can we? Do we even try? As I look back to those times, I seem to remember that I don't even want to try; it's more like I just want to feel sorry for myself and want others to feel sorry for me also. God really does not mind when we cry out for help; as a matter of fact, He encourages us in His word to do so. But, what He does mind, is when we don't give Him the praise that He deserves, even in the midst of our trials. That's when He sees those behind us wondering if it's really real; wondering if our testimony is based on facts or fiction; and wondering if the God we have been telling them about is even real. I am sorry for the seriousness of this post, but these are serious times that we are living in. The public education of our children is having more of an influence on our children than our personal testimonies, and it should not be happening. If we had just an ounce of true unquestionable belief, then they would be questioning what they are being taught at school; instead, they come home from being indoctrinated into humanistic ideas, and don't see any power or proof in the things we tell them they need to believe from us. The only thing that we have to go by sometimes is trials and circumstances; those are our moments to shine; that is our time to let them see how real our God is, and how much we believe in the God that is written of in the Bible...
"So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, so that as long as the sky remains above the earth, you and your children may flourish in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors. Be careful to obey all these commands I am giving you. Show love to the LORD your God by walking in his ways and holding tightly to him. Then the LORD will drive out all the nations ahead of you, though they are much greater and stronger than you, and you will take over their land." (Deuteronomy 11:18-23) NLT    

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