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This article was posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
TRUSTING GOD’S CHARACTER:
The third lesson on Lazarus underscore this hope:
+GOD’S WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS, BUT HIS CHARACTER IS STILL DEPENDABLE +
In other words we do not have to fret, even when it looks like hope is dead. We might not be able to see the end of the story. But we can trust the Storyteller.
Martha and Mary, while they were sitting at Lazarus deathbed waiting for Jesus to arrive, had nothing to hang on to, except what they knew about the character of Jesus. But what they knew was enough to sustain them.. They knew Jesus loved their brother. They knew Jesus has the power to heal. They knew Jesus would know what to do. Even though they must have struggling with fear and doubt they have this underlying assurance that Jesus would eventually make everything right.
If you are struggling to hang on in the midst of your difficult circumstances, let me remind you to go back to what you know about God. Open the Bible and find the scripture to cling on to— scripture that reveal the heart and faithfulness of God. Remind yourself that God is your strength. that He is the source of your comfort. That He won’t let you fall. That He loves you passionately and only wants the best for you.
“We only trust people we know,” says Martha Tennison, a popular Women’s Conference speaker. “If you’re struggling to trust God,. it may be because you don’t really know God.”
Martha Tennison experienced this truth first hand. On the trip home from a weekend at an amusement park, the bus that held sixty-seven members of her church youth group was hit head on by a drunk driver. Twenty- four teenagers and three adults died in the inferno that resulted from a punctured gas tank. In the hours that followed, Martha and her pastor husband had to tell all the families that the children and the mates they loved were gone. The pain was nearly unbreakable. Time and time again Martha found herself going to the WORD, calling out to the God she knew was faithful.
“You find out what you really believe in the darkest hours,” Martha says. “You find out that the God you know is the God you can hold on to.”
(Excerpt from “Mary Heart in Martha World” by Joanna Weaver)
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