nelson
8/10/2017
8:17:22 AM | AUG 11 THIS EXPERIENCE MUST COME-- Our Father God Jehovah is never far from any of us, believer and unbeliever alike. When, in the course of our lifetime, we continually ignore His attempts to get our attention, He often will allow calamity to reign for a season. Too often this makes the most stubborn to dig in harder in unbelief. Doesn’t this circumstance confirm the reason for the hardest heart? Not really. Hard hearts call for hard measures. GOD NEVER GIVES UP ON US. He wants to populate Heaven not Hell. But if we can’t allow God to soften our hearts toward Him while we are on earth for this brief wisp of time called Life, then the sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ for us as propitiation for our sins (of unbelief and otherwise) was for naught. But we’ve known that’s not true for over 2,000 years ever since the historically-documented Resurrection. Jesus Himself said in John 6:44: “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.” A hard heart is a dangerous condition, not only for physical health reasons but more importantly for spiritual reasons that have eternal implications—njc. Oswald Chambers today shows how ancients in Bible history dealt with their aloneness during seasons of trial allowed by God to test and mature their belief and trust in Him. This is a great teaching from Old Testament Scripture—don’t miss it at This Experience Must Come Want to read the Bible in a year? See the daily “Bible in a Year” links at end of article and don’t forget to “Pray the Promise, not the Problem” at Scripture Promises |
