Good morning on this Wednesday in April! Tribulations, problems, opportunities, possibilities, whatever word you use to describe some less than comfortable circumstances in your life, you have them, I have them, we all have something to struggle against in this life. We may not get the word of comfort from above first either. In the story of Abram, he gets a word of comfort from the Lord, but it begins with those words that may slip by us now and again:
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” (Gen 15:1)
Did you see them this time? Yes, 'After these things...', then the Lord gave words of comfort to Abram. The Lord's comfort for us is always timely according to our needs. Perhaps if the words came before the situation we would be consumed by dread and anxiety. Maybe we wouldn't even believe them if they came ahead of the circumstance. Whatever the cause, we get the words of comfort from our Lord after these things happen, those things that make us uncomfortable or even hurt us. Yikes! No more things that come before the words of comfort, please! Well, hold on there just a second.
The promise of eternal rest in Heaven comes after some things too. Things like being born into this world, growing up and growing older, living in a family and, if we are blessed, raising a family, and of course facing all of those problems that come up in the living of this life. We struggle in the boot camp to eternity, and of course it isn't what we would call fun in many circumstances. However, after these things...comes Heaven with Jesus our Lord!
Let us endure to the end as we look to Him!
Bucky
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