Everyday Light with Selwyn 31 January 2022 Devotional | Monday Message
Read Everyday Light with Selywyn 31 January 2022 Devotional
Topic: What’s happening!?
For Reading & Meditation: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12
Key Verse: “‘ perplexed, but not in despair ‘” (v.8)
Everyday Light with Selwyn 31 January 2022 Message
Today we stay with the thought that half our spiritual perplexities would never arise if we started out by being prepared not to understand immediately the things that God does or allows. We must accept that one of the fundamental principles of the Christian life is the truth that there will be many times when God will work things out in a manner exactly opposite to the way we think He should.
If I had been taught this in the early days of my Christian life, it would have saved me from many spiritual struggles. Most of my perplexities arose because I failed to realise that I was dealing with a mind that is omniscient – that God’s mind is not like my mind. The ways of God are inscrutable; His mind is infinite and eternal and His purposes are beyond understanding. When we are dealing with such a great and mighty God it should not surprise us that He allows things to happen which we find perplexing. If we insist that everything in life should be plain, we shall soon find ourselves in the state in which the psalmist found himself – full of doubt, disillusionment and fear. We should note, however, that perplexity is not necessarily sinful.
It only becomes wrong when we allow our perplexity to drive us to despair. The apostle Paul, as our text for today shows us, was perplexed but he was not in despair. Make sure you understand the distinction. It is not foolish or wrong to say: “I don’t know what is happening.” It is only foolish to say: “God doesn’t know what is happening.”
Prayer: O Father, what unnecessary perplexities we carry within us because we try to trace the reasons that lie behind Your designs rather than just trust them. Help us in our quest for a more confident faith. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
For further study: Isaiah 54:10
Questions to Consider
1.What was God’s promise to Joshua and Isaiah?
2.What is God’s promise to us?
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