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Giving us what we want rather than what we need is something God often performs. We of course can be ignorant of that fact not realizing that in what He provides there is often an answer to our requests in a hidden form.
Perhaps the best illustration that demonstrates that fact is with the early church and ensuing persecution; spearheaded by Paul. God indeed showed him how much he must suffer for His name's sake and perhaps that was necessary to convince those whose lives were torn apart from his previous actions that he was the real deal. Imagine for a moment what the early church would be like without Paul and his writings of most of the Epistles; 4 major evangelical pilgrimages and the like. As to Paul himself; he probably didn't plan out these expeditions with imprisonment on his mind as the method God would use to accomplish this; and the early church didn't comprehend how the persecutions and martyrdom would expand the church and strengthen it rather than destroy it ocompletely.
Joseph didn't likewise with his dreams of grandeur figure that being sold into slavery by his brothers; falsely accused and placed in jail and forgotten for years would be how God would forge his plan for his destiny. The same could be said for the struggles of Moses in the wilderness; Abraham and Isaac and any other who were taught from the Lord and disciplined accordingly.
I'm sure we in our own understanding wouldn't understand how Rahab the Harlot; Bathsheeba and others would be part of the lineage of Christ and be deemed faithful saints. God will even use our sin to accomplish His purposes; but of course it is never an excuse or license to sin.
Christ is; as I have said before Lord; Savior and Master. Being a servant sounds perhaps more acceptable than being a slave but when we are dead to ourselves it is an appropriate word to use. While God can work in our sin; walking Godly lives we begin to fathom the riches of fulfilled promises.
Giving us what we want rather than what we need is something God often performs. We of course can be ignorant of that fact not realizing that in what He provides there is often an answer to our requests in a hidden form.
Perhaps the best illustration that demonstrates that fact is with the early church and ensuing persecution; spearheaded by Paul. God indeed showed him how much he must suffer for His name's sake and perhaps that was necessary to convince those whose lives were torn apart from his previous actions that he was the real deal. Imagine for a moment what the early church would be like without Paul and his writings of most of the Epistles; 4 major evangelical pilgrimages and the like. As to Paul himself; he probably didn't plan out these expeditions with imprisonment on his mind as the method God would use to accomplish this; and the early church didn't comprehend how the persecutions and martyrdom would expand the church and strengthen it rather than destroy it ocompletely.
Joseph didn't likewise with his dreams of grandeur figure that being sold into slavery by his brothers; falsely accused and placed in jail and forgotten for years would be how God would forge his plan for his destiny. The same could be said for the struggles of Moses in the wilderness; Abraham and Isaac and any other who were taught from the Lord and disciplined accordingly.
I'm sure we in our own understanding wouldn't understand how Rahab the Harlot; Bathsheeba and others would be part of the lineage of Christ and be deemed faithful saints. God will even use our sin to accomplish His purposes; but of course it is never an excuse or license to sin.
Christ is; as I have said before Lord; Savior and Master. Being a servant sounds perhaps more acceptable than being a slave but when we are dead to ourselves it is an appropriate word to use. While God can work in our sin; walking Godly lives we begin to fathom the riches of fulfilled promises.
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