Walking with God in a thousand difficult circumstances

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Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “What the world needs now”

Our Bible verse for today: “All these were approved through their faith …” Hebrews 11:39 (CSB)

Our thought for today: “Walking with God in a thousand difficult circumstances”

I love Hebrews chapter eleven. It is commonly referred to as “The Faith Hall of Fame” because in it the writer gives us example after example of great men and women who held to their faith and who stood strong in the worst of circumstances. Fifteen of them are mentioned by name and then there are general references to unnamed prophets, unnamed women, and “others too numerous to mention.” All of them walked faithfully with God in love and faith through the worst of circumstances.

The Bible is packed full of examples of people walking in love and by faith through a thousand difficult circumstances. Those examples are there for our benefit. God included them so we would have a picture of what it looks like to face life bravely despite the difficulties we encounter.

This is why we not only read the Bible, but we study it. The fact is that over time, we become like those we associate with and that’s true of the people we associate with in life, but it’s also true of the people we associate with through their written stories. That’s one of the reasons the reading of biographies can be so helpful and inspiring. The good examples set for us by others inspires us to want to be better men and women too. That’s especially true of the examples set for us by the people recorded in the Bible.

One of the most valuable and helpful tools God has given us for learning the lessons of the Bible and becoming saturated with the truth of Scripture, is to sit under the instruction of good Bible teachers and preachers. God has gifted men and women of faith to be teachers and preachers and then He created our local churches to be the places for His people to gather as we learn and grow together. By doing so, you will be inspired by the examples set for you by the people depicted in the Bible who are being taught about, but you will also be inspired and helped by the examples of the wise and mature saints of God present in your church family. We learn from all of them.

What the world needs now is more Christians who truly do know how to walk with God in love and faith through the most difficult of circumstances. In the Bible and in life God has given us a thousand examples (and more) of people who have learned to do that. I pray that you too are learning to walk with Him in love and faith as you deal with the difficult circumstances in your life.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

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