Trials are open doors to the treasures of heaven.
Posted by appolus on April 27, 2024
The older I get in the Lord, the more I see it’s not about answers from God. Self seeks answers. The immediate problems of life presses in and we desire to be through it. We want acceptable solutions. Yet where is God in our many graspings? What good is the glory gained on the mountaintops if it can not be seen in the darkest valleys? Should not our greatest desire in the world be that the valley is, to us, the mountaintop?
In the end, the glory of God covers everything, as the waters cover the sea. Whether that sea rages or is tranquil, should we not lie down and sleep in the boat? Shall we not sleep in the lions den? Shall we not praise Him in the dungeon? The mountaintop experience should only serve to give us the strength to reflect His glory in the valley. Did not the Lord come down from the glories of heaven? Did we not see Him glorify His Father in the deepest valley as He hung there nailed to a tree? Shall we not enter into His rest and cease from our works? Cease from our running to and fro.
Oftentimes the sadness of loss or trials becomes dark clouds that obscure the sun. Yet above the clouds, above the mountain tops there is a perpetually blue sky. Sometimes we simply need a single ray of sunshine to penetrate the dark clouds to remind us of this truth. And that ray reminds us of the glory that we reveled in and will one day spend eternity in. A shaft of light is what we must pray for when we are in the darkest reaches of the valley, and this light shall lead us through it. Our lives are like a vapor and soon enough we shall stand in eternal glory, but before that we must find the glory now.
He prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies so that we may, with Paul and Silas and every other saint who suffered unspeakable losses down through the ages, glorify God in the very midst of our situations. In the light of this glory all loss is subsumed into Him and our spirits can truly say that our eternal desire is to be found in Him. The road home to glory will be a difficult one for all who desire to live Godly in Christ Jesus, but it will be a vital one.
See God’s glory and live. Cast your eyes unto the heavens and live. Cast your eyes to that eternal horizon and live. There is life in His glory and life more abundant. Find that now brothers and sisters, right where you are, and the road forward will open up before you, one day at a time, indeed one step at a time. The difficulties of life will become open doors to the treasures of heaven. Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and the glory.
2Co 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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madrekins said
Hi Brother Frank,
What you wrote immediately sent my thoughts to this lovely song by Joshua Aaron. Oh the perfect Peace/Shalom we feel in right relationship with the LORD. May HE continue to bless and keep you as you bless all of us with your powerful exhortation. HalleluYAH!!!
appolus said
Beautiful song …….God bless you ….in the beauty of holiness.
madrekins said
Oh, HE has Brother Frank.
To walk and talk with Him in the Garden IS a beautiful thing.
BT said
“May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height…”
To comprehend the vastness of Him requires the mundane things of daily life, the mountaintop experiences, the depths of suffering and the times of wandering in the wilderness… In all these things His good is to be known.
His longsuffering is our hope to the full authentic declaration that in all these things we are MADE “more than conquerors through him that loved us.”
Your testimony is an exhortation to honor Him in all things.
Blessings and grace to you in Him.
BT
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