Series 8- MY FAVORITE (N.T.) STORY
(Please read John 4:46-53)
I think most, if not all Christians have their own favorite Bible stories. My favorite in the New Testament is a moving story of an individual at wits end.
ALL AVENUES EXHAUSTED
I believe parents will agree with me that this father had tried all avenues open to him for the healing of his son. From the medical profession to homeopathic remedies; possibly, even some quack cures. All doors were closed and locked to him. He was literally “shut-up unto the faith.” He was at his Red Sea with no place to turn.
BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES
There seems to be a principle in the scripture: God loves it when His children come to the end of themselves. When all hope is taken away. When there is no man to help. Someone has written—
“God is a tower without a stair
And His perfection loves despair.”
A THOUGHT THAT HAS HELPED ME
From our scriptural story, God gave me a little saying that has helped me these many years.
“Act as though it were, And you’ll experience it as it is.”
NO MAGICAL BOOK
Paul tells us the Word of God works effectually in them that believe. There is nothing magical about the Word. Wishing will get you nowhere, believing it will take you a long way.
DON’T LET THE WEAKNESS OF THE FLESH TROUBLE YOU
You can have a weak flesh with a strong faith, look at Abraham’s life of faith. He staggered on the outside but the inner-man stood strong. The wise man declares, “The root of the righteous shall not be moved”. The storms can bow the limbs, but never the root. Like a buoy, you may be tossed to and fro on the surface, but underneath it is steadfast! “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.”
"At the end of self...you’ll find God.”
by an Old Disciple