(November 18, 2014)
I loved
the language of the psalmist that, to paraphrase, we will not tremble at bad
news because we trust in the Lord. There
is a sermon in this single verse. First,
even those who love the Lord and serve Him to the best of their ability will
receive bad news. Sometimes we feel
like, as God’s chosen people, our lives should be easy and comfortable. In reality, of course, we should expect
escalating challenges throughout our life if we hope to be refined into
Celestial beings. For some of us, these
challenges are personal and for some of us, they involve those we love (the
harder challenges, I expect). In any
event, however, there is no express-lane to salvation.
But the
second part is just as important – if we trust the Lord, this bad news will not
cause us to tremble. Though I am
experiencing such an upheaval in my life that I would expect to be falling
apart at the seams, I have found that (to the extent I place my faith and trust
in God) I am actually growing both stronger and more resilient at the same
time. I am better able to carry the load
that is being placed on my shoulders – a load of bad news, responsibilities,
and other things. The load is always
substantially more than I can bear, but that in itself is a blessing because of
the capacity of this load to turn me to the Lord for strength or fall beneath
it.
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