Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, that You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity....
– Psalm 94:12-13
According to Exodus 13:17, When Pharaoh let the people go, God led them not by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer (emphasis added). There was a shorter route, but God took the Israelites the long, hard way on purpose because they were not ready for the battles they would face. He continued to work with them during forty years of wandering, waiting for them to get to the point where they could praise Him in their adversity.
God will continue dealing with us until we learn how to stay peaceful in the storm. Nothing shows our spiritual maturity more than staying calm when our circumstances are not calm. Stability is a sign of maturity, and the more mature we are, the more God can trust us with His power and blessings.
Power Thought: I have the power of God to remain calm in adversity.
The Seated Saviour
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”
Hebrews 1:1–3
In His thirty-three years on Earth, Jesus lived a perfect life, fulfilling the law that no one had been able to keep. Because He was sinless, Jesus was qualified to offer His life as the payment for the sins of the world. Jesus did not owe a debt for sin, so His payment can be applied to our account through faith in what He did.
It is vitally important that we understand that the work that accomplished our salvation is completed. “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost” (John 19:30).
There are so many people who are trying to work their way to Heaven. They hope that by doing more good than bad, by going to church, by being baptized, or by showing charity to others they will earn favor with God. Many believe that one day their lives will be placed in some kind of cosmic scales where they will be weighed and their eternal destiny determined. None of these approaches work. Nor are they needed, because the work of salvation is already finished. Nothing we can do is needed—in fact, Ephesians 2:8–9 tells us that trying to get to Heaven on our own keeps us from receiving the free gift of salvation that God offers.
Hebrews 1:1–3
In His thirty-three years on Earth, Jesus lived a perfect life, fulfilling the law that no one had been able to keep. Because He was sinless, Jesus was qualified to offer His life as the payment for the sins of the world. Jesus did not owe a debt for sin, so His payment can be applied to our account through faith in what He did.
It is vitally important that we understand that the work that accomplished our salvation is completed. “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost” (John 19:30).
There are so many people who are trying to work their way to Heaven. They hope that by doing more good than bad, by going to church, by being baptized, or by showing charity to others they will earn favor with God. Many believe that one day their lives will be placed in some kind of cosmic scales where they will be weighed and their eternal destiny determined. None of these approaches work. Nor are they needed, because the work of salvation is already finished. Nothing we can do is needed—in fact, Ephesians 2:8–9 tells us that trying to get to Heaven on our own keeps us from receiving the free gift of salvation that God offers.
Today’s Growth Principle:
Because Jesus has ended His work and is seated in Heaven, we can trust fully in His promises.
Calm in Adversity
by Joyce Meyer - posted August 27, 2017Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, that You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity....
– Psalm 94:12-13
According to Exodus 13:17, When Pharaoh let the people go, God led them not by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer (emphasis added). There was a shorter route, but God took the Israelites the long, hard way on purpose because they were not ready for the battles they would face. He continued to work with them during forty years of wandering, waiting for them to get to the point where they could praise Him in their adversity.
God will continue dealing with us until we learn how to stay peaceful in the storm. Nothing shows our spiritual maturity more than staying calm when our circumstances are not calm. Stability is a sign of maturity, and the more mature we are, the more God can trust us with His power and blessings.
Power Thought: I have the power of God to remain calm in adversity.
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