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Oh, the joy that can dwell in the lives of the saints when our understanding of the work of God in us is clearly seen in His Word. The learning of the greatest lessons come the hardest and the latest, all due to instruction in patience, from which of the Lord’s provisions His Spirit uses to “conform” believers the most in bringing forth the most pleasant of His fruit that manifests the strength of faith—joy!

 

“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work that you may be perfect and complete (mature), lacking nothing” (Jam 1:2-4). Every difficult occurrence in the lives Christians, along with those deemed self-incurred, has already been arranged to result to our advantage, and it is the one whose joy has been learned in the forging of the trials of hardness (mine thus far losing four immediate family members within a 15 year period) who’s understanding of God’s intents will “shine” (Mat 5:16) the brightest light on the path of the lost to Him!

 

-NC

 

 

His Perfect Purpose

If our hearts were in happy fellowship with the Father, and in cooperation with His wondrous ways and arrangements, which are all for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, we could not refuse or dissent from His calling on us for our quota to the great circle of His purpose, in which we should feel ourselves included.

If we are really and heartily interested in His purpose and ways, and carefully entering in them, and devoted to them, when we found that He considered it necessary that Lazarus, or even one much dearer to us, should sleep, we should, though unable to see why we are so heavily taxed, bow our heads and submit to any call on us, because reckoning on the wisdom of His will and counsel (Eph 1:11), and knowing that He is making “all things work together,” are not only “for good” to us, but for His glory.

I must get to this high level, or I never can comprehend or become resigned to the varied discipline by which our Father is carrying out His own purpose, while severing us from the “old man,” practically setting the flesh aside, “that the life of the Lord Jesus may be made manifest in our body.”

It is an exercise to our faith, until we get able to rest in the assurance that His way (which involves all that He knows will occur within a believer’s life—NC) is perfect, and the only true and effectual way for subduing the particular kind of nature which each has. Faith in His ways is required before we have intelligence as to His ways.

I must believe in the skill of a physician before I can confidently submit to perhaps very painful remedies. But when I come to understand his object, and the necessity for those remedies, it is not only faith in his skill, but appropriation of his mode of treatment.

It is long with some of us before the appropriation comes; and it is plain that we should be miserable under the treatment, if we had not faith, or in other words, confidence in the skill. If you have this confidence, you can cheerfully submit, even though, like Job, you may not approve. But when you have real fellowship with His purpose, you will approve; it will be grateful to your heart to bow, and you will find that what your Father considers the right thing can be nothing else than the best for you. “For we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose” (Rom 8:28).

- J B Stoney

 

Miles J Stanford devotional:  http://www.abideabove.com/hungry-heart/

 

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Nice post. The only way to get to that point is to in every moment do what you feel is right by the Lord. And eventually through much suffering and hardship you will get to a place of peace and acceptance, where joy will finally come to you :)

I think the biggest barrier to getting to this point is with newer or less knowledgeable christians, who might think that following God means having less hardship, and that less trouble will come to you in this life. When in reality it is quite the opposite, but God gives us a way through every trial and hardship that comes to us, we just need to keep looking to him daily. Just look at the stories of any biblical character and see the crap that they went through haha

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16 hours ago, twisty said:

Nice post. The only way to get to that point is to in every moment do what you feel is right by the Lord. And eventually through much suffering and hardship you will get to a place of peace and acceptance, where joy will finally come to you :)

I think the biggest barrier to getting to this point is with newer or less knowledgeable christians, who might think that following God means having less hardship, and that less trouble will come to you in this life. When in reality it is quite the opposite, but God gives us a way through every trial and hardship that comes to us, we just need to keep looking to him daily. Just look at the stories of any biblical character and see the crap that they went through haha

Hi Twisty - Thanks for your reply, which I find to be instructional.

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The only way to get to that point is to in every moment do what you feel is right by the Lord.

If wanting to "do right by the Lord" is our motive then you can't be wrong in why you're doing it, even though we can be incorrect in our understanding concerning a certain Biblical truth, but He eventually shows us where we are inaccurate.

I've come to understand that I can welcome everything that transpires at the beginning of every day because I know God has foreknowledge of everything and thus what occurs is what He has allowed to occur, and what He allows I welcome because I know He has pre-planned it for the good of the believer's growth in faith. 

Regardless of where saints are in their maturity in Christ, He without fail brings all of them to where He wants them to be in Him.

Blessings!

 

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