The Physically Challenged Ministry
PCM-01-05-2013 looking to God for help
Having a physical, emotional or spritual challenge is a prime opportunity to look for help from God.
I look at a 'challenge' as any issue that we face that causes us physical, emotional or spiritual pain. It can be a direct and concrete as a visible illness and as evasive and invisible as a mental illness that we personally or a loved one may be experiencing. I am sure that all of us can unfortunately relate and have personally experienced all or some combination of the above.
We have the Bible as a source to look into the heart and thinking of God. We can see some things from how Jesus interacted with the multitudes of sick or “challenged” [as we will refer to it] that lead us to conclude that God does not wish us to be inflicted and that all pain is contrary to how things are in Heaven. Otherwise Jesus would have been going against God and thus himself any time he was involved in healing even on a temporary basis. [Just a reminder that earthly bodies have their limits and are designed to expire.]
The issues arise when we want to take control ourselves of the timing, method and nature of the release from our 'challenges.' I prefer to take the faith approach and let God be incontrol of the details, seeing how little control I am able to exert.
We live in a world full of questions problems and issues, no one of us here have all the answers or solutions
Romans 4:5 [The Message Version] But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it's something only God can do, and you trust him to do it - you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked - well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.
This is a principal that can and should be applied to all that God is involved with. Whether it is eternal life or our release from our 'challenges'.
With this in mind, let's take the opportunity to act on the following verse found in Psalm 14:2 MSG
God sticks his head out of heaven. He looks around. He's looking for someone not stupid - one man, even, God-expectant, just one God-ready woman.
Or as it is translated in the new century version:
The Lord looked down from heaven on all people to see if anyone understood, if anyone was looking to God for help.
Let's be God expectant as we live out our days here on our temporary home, Earth. Be prepared to shed all the challenges we now face and to embrace life with God-expectant faith. The best is yet to come! Stop depending on yourself for all the solutions, you and I are just not equipped to take all the challenges on alone, we NEED God!
Bill Sullivan
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