Post by jazzlover on Aug 19, 2006 23:09:08 GMT -5
James 1:13 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am [being] tested by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither does He test any man:
You are having some difficulties in your life right now, and you have been wondering just exactly what is going on. You have thought that perhaps God is trying to deal with something in your life. Perhaps you have done something wrong, shown a wrong attitude, omitted doing what you were supposed to do. Now everything is going wrong in your life, and it seems clear that the Lord is dealing with you.
So what do you do? Do you throw your hands up in despair? Do you go around telling everyone that the Lord is causing you to go through hard times to teach you something? And since it is the hand of the Lord that is upon you, what can you do, except repent and wait for things to change? Perhaps you have already tried that too and circumstances have not changed, so you are trying to find out now just exactly what it is that you have done to make Him angry with you.
If this is the state you are in, then I would like you to read this verse out loud a few times until the truth that is in it penetrates your understanding and changes the way you have been thinking.
Let no man say....
What have you been saying? If you have been saying that God is responsible for everything that has been going wrong in your life, then you had better STOP saying it. God is never the author of a curse. He is always the source of all blessing. If something has gone wrong in your life, then put the blame where it belongs, on the one who is responsible for curses in your life.
So what are you saying now? Try... I am blessed. Make it a new habit, no matter what your circumstances. After a while you will begin to believe it.
You are having some difficulties in your life right now, and you have been wondering just exactly what is going on. You have thought that perhaps God is trying to deal with something in your life. Perhaps you have done something wrong, shown a wrong attitude, omitted doing what you were supposed to do. Now everything is going wrong in your life, and it seems clear that the Lord is dealing with you.
So what do you do? Do you throw your hands up in despair? Do you go around telling everyone that the Lord is causing you to go through hard times to teach you something? And since it is the hand of the Lord that is upon you, what can you do, except repent and wait for things to change? Perhaps you have already tried that too and circumstances have not changed, so you are trying to find out now just exactly what it is that you have done to make Him angry with you.
If this is the state you are in, then I would like you to read this verse out loud a few times until the truth that is in it penetrates your understanding and changes the way you have been thinking.
Let no man say....
What have you been saying? If you have been saying that God is responsible for everything that has been going wrong in your life, then you had better STOP saying it. God is never the author of a curse. He is always the source of all blessing. If something has gone wrong in your life, then put the blame where it belongs, on the one who is responsible for curses in your life.
So what are you saying now? Try... I am blessed. Make it a new habit, no matter what your circumstances. After a while you will begin to believe it.