What Is God Doing To Me
LAMPLIGHT DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path”
Psalm 119:105 (NIV).
“Living From the Eternal Perspective”
A Devotional From
PATHH Ministries
DATE:
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
HEADING
What is God Doing to Me?
By Napoleon Black
TEXT (Deut 1:27)
You grumbled in your tents and said, “The LORD hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us. NIV
You complained in your tents: "God hates us. He hauled us out of Egypt in order to dump us among the Amorites—a death sentence for sure! Message
You were peevish and discontented in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, He brought us forth out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. Amp. Bible
COMMENTARY
Have you ever felt so disconsolate that you wonder, ‘What is God doing to me?’ The children of Israel felt this way. They were taken from what was safe, what was known, what was routine, to a different kind of life. They had to trust God for everything quite literally – water, food, protection from the heat of the sun, and protection from the coldness of night.
And too, waiting on God’s ‘routine’ can be very unnerving. He turns up in His own time. He acts only on His agenda. He never seems hurried by our pleas of distress. Lazarus lays dying and Jesus delays His arrival. The boat is being tossed on the seas, the disciples are bailing out water and Jesus is sound asleep.
It’s easy to feel frustrated and disturbed when it seems that God is allowing bad things to happen, things that He could fix in a moment. And yet it is the knowledge that He is in our boat that assures us that our boat will not sink. It is the assurance of His love which causes us to know that even if everything indeed falls apart, he will put it back together again.
Something to Meditate on:
God always acts in our interest
A decision I need to make
Am I resentful at God for not turning up “on time?”
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path”
Psalm 119:105 (NIV).
“Living From the Eternal Perspective”
A Devotional From
PATHH Ministries
DATE:
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
HEADING
What is God Doing to Me?
By Napoleon Black
TEXT (Deut 1:27)
You grumbled in your tents and said, “The LORD hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us. NIV
You complained in your tents: "God hates us. He hauled us out of Egypt in order to dump us among the Amorites—a death sentence for sure! Message
You were peevish and discontented in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, He brought us forth out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. Amp. Bible
COMMENTARY
Have you ever felt so disconsolate that you wonder, ‘What is God doing to me?’ The children of Israel felt this way. They were taken from what was safe, what was known, what was routine, to a different kind of life. They had to trust God for everything quite literally – water, food, protection from the heat of the sun, and protection from the coldness of night.
And too, waiting on God’s ‘routine’ can be very unnerving. He turns up in His own time. He acts only on His agenda. He never seems hurried by our pleas of distress. Lazarus lays dying and Jesus delays His arrival. The boat is being tossed on the seas, the disciples are bailing out water and Jesus is sound asleep.
It’s easy to feel frustrated and disturbed when it seems that God is allowing bad things to happen, things that He could fix in a moment. And yet it is the knowledge that He is in our boat that assures us that our boat will not sink. It is the assurance of His love which causes us to know that even if everything indeed falls apart, he will put it back together again.
Something to Meditate on:
God always acts in our interest
A decision I need to make
Am I resentful at God for not turning up “on time?”
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