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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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I was considering all the opinions that are being put forth here in my morning time with the Lord today. And I was considering how I might best respond to help ones on here see some things more clearly, etc. (i.e., my "good" intentions). Then there was this verse in Daily Light which seemed to speak to me: "You will not need to fight this battle. Position yourself, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord." (2 Chron 20:17)
So we are all right where we should be, and "Being confident in this very thing, that He who began a good work in you, will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." (Phil 1:6) He's got this! I too have plenty of things that surely I don't see clearly or am concerned about - but I must trust Him . . . He will do it! As the song goes, "All things are the best they can be - so let's gain Christ!" Let us be encouraged! (and allow me add one thing if I may: Granted, viewing God clearly and accurately in the Old Testament is often not so easy. Then Christ came and He is the best picture of God. I used to focus solely on the NT for the reason that the the image of God in the OT did not always seem that clear, and appeared to have conflicting presentations of Him. 40 some years later I am starting to see a little better that God in the OT was indeed very loving, but because He was mainly interacting with mankind through the covenant of the law, His actions can seem pretty harsh in places. But hallelujah, grace & reality - a clear picture of God - came through Jesus Christ! He just loves us, folks, much more than even we love ourselves!)
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