It's 1.30 am and I am wide awake. It is one thing to bravely say that my HOPE is in Jesus but another thing to have the actual fact of a huge mountain in front of you! I am not going to pretend to feel alright, I am NOT. But I am also not going to stay under - I will say to my soul, "Bless the Lord for He is good and His mercy endures forever. He is my ROCK, a shelter in times of troubles."
Yes, the negative news about my wife's health pulls me down to the bottom of the sea of disappointment, discouragement, and even despair, yet, I will be like the Prophet Habakkuk who look to God and proclaim: "Tho the fig tress shall not blossom, yet I will rejoice in my God - I will rejoice in the God of my salvation." This evening Keat Cheong and Cheng Cheng came over to my house and ministers to my wife and I. I felt a great relieve though the task ahead is still a task ahead - whatever it may be!! But while they were praying for Ean Beng I was brought to remembrance the life story of Job - everything that can be thrown at him he got it. He was in a very depressing situation. I felt the Lord encouraging me with the still small voice: "Out of the ash heap of despair I will raise you up and people will be amazed at the glory of the Lord." I am not going to try to interpret what that means in every detail but this one thing I know deep in my heart - the joy of the Lord will be our strength and it will defy every fiery darts of the evil one or brickbats that he tries to throw at us. God be praise and be blessed. He is worthy. He is good and He is great!
The facts may be negative but the truth is God heals and victory is in the hands of God! He is faithful to the end. Recently I just learned that "the just shall live by faith" in the Hebrew language can be translated as "the righteous shall live by his faith and his faithfulness." I will tell my wife and my children - we serve a faithful God, therefore, we must remain faithful! God be blessed!
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