Good Thursday morning as thousands of gooses fly overhead - oops, make that 'geeze'. Okay, the tribulation is in full swing. You are familiar with every rock in the valley of death's shadow. In fact, you distinctly remember stubbing your spiritual toes more than once. The surface of the water would be nice, but you are not treading water, you are struggling well under the surface. If the ocean's smooth surface is zero, your weakness is negatively great. However, high above the clouds sits the throne of God. The seat of His glorious power. His strength is positively greater than your negative weakness. How will the two come together though to give your poor soul a positive freighting?
In His Holy Spirit, God feels your struggles! You are not alone. While God knows of the struggle through His omniscient knowledge, He feels the struggle in His Holy Spirit. Does the trial seem especially great this time; your head far below any surface that you can imagine in the darkness? God feels that too in His Spirit. Your prayer for help is heard in Heaven and felt in the Spirit. Hold on, struggle to endure, and above all trust in God's timing and grace. What will come out of this latest struggle in the shadow?
Each time we descend into that darkness which shows our negative weakness so well, our faith in God grows stronger. At times, the negative weakness may appear greater than ever before, but at such times God's positive strength has not faded. I would try to say that God's strength has grown stronger, but how can the Almighty become more mighty? Exactly the point to remember: God the Almighty One, holds us still. We will once more lay down beside the still waters in place of struggling beneath the surface. Be of good cheer, Christ has overcome the world!
Bucky
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