June 11, 2009 10:01 AM
Elisabeth Elliot on praising through all circumstances
Responsible to Praise
We cannot always or even often control events, but we can control how we respond to them. When things happen which dismay or appall, we ought to look to God for his meaning, remembering that He is not taken by surprise nor can his purposes be thwarted in the end. What God looks for is those who will worship Him. Our look of inquiring trust glorifies Him.
One of the witnesses to the crucifixion was a military officer to whom the scene was surely not a novelty. He had seen plenty of criminals nailed up. But the response of this Man who hung there was of such an utterly different nature than that of the others that the centurion knew at once that He was innocent. His own response then, rather than one of despair that such a terrible injustice should take place, or of anger at God who might have prevented it, was praise (Lk 23:47 NEB).
This is our first responsibility: to glorify God. In the face of life's worst reversals and tragedies, the response of a faithful Christian is praise--not for the wrong itself certainly, but for who God is and for the ultimate assurance that there is a pattern being worked out for those who love Him.
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So so so so so so so so GOOD! ah, I can't even repeat all the little tidbits the Holy Spirit is using in that little piece to minister to me.
THANK YOU!
Kristy in Germany
"In the face of life's worst reversals and tragedies, the response of a faithful Christian is praise--not for the wrong itself certainly, but for who God is and for the ultimate assurance that there is a pattern being worked out for those who love Him."
ah...this itself could have changed alot with help in response when we lost Isaiah...I may not have gone through the Faith Crisis I did if I had understood this then.
This is SO so so so so GOOD!
Posted by: kristy in Germany | June 12, 2009 5:06 AM
