No Success Without Suffering (Psalm 55:22)
Content Because our Lord knows what to do, we must entrust everything to Him. Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” To say that the Lord will give you rest is to bear our burdens for us. The Bible says, “Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never allow the righteous to be moved.” If our Lord knows what He is going to do, we have to leave it to Jesus.
When we get lost, we should entrust the way to someone who knows the way, and if we insist on finding the way while knowing the way, this person will be in a big mess. Jesus knows the way for you to live your life. Jesus knows how to solve your entangled and stuck problems.
Then the Lord knows how to solve it, so we have to follow His guidance. The difficult problems in life start with running ahead of the Lord. The Lord is the One who makes all things beautiful in due time. There are times in the world. A time to cry, a time to laugh, a time to pick up stones, a time to throw them away, a time to love and a time to hate, a time to war and a time to be peaceful.
Our Lord leads us wonderfully. Our Lord guides us at the right time, so we must be the saints who wait for the Lord's guidance with peace of mind.
Thousands of sick people were waiting by the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem, and when the time came, the Lord sent an angel to stir the water. Whoever jumped into the water first when the water was stirred was healed. However, the person who jumped in even though the water was still wet only wet their clothes and did not get better.
We must wait and obey when the Lord works. So you shouldn't look back. And you shouldn't look at the difficulties and dullness of your environment. We can have dreams as much as we want by looking at the cross of Jesus Christ. Because through Jesus we can hold on to our Heavenly Father. We can have our roots in God. God is all-powerful. Should we, who live with such a God as our Father, become desperate, discouraged, frustrated, and give up?
Those who truly have God as their Father can always have a dream in their heart where they can prosper in all things as their soul prospers, be strong, and have life, but more abundantly. As long as we don't give up on this dream, the Lord will not leave us. Because dreams are the material our Lord uses.
Also, we must go forward with bold faith. There is no achievement in life without suffering. Living in itself is suffering. We must overcome various deaths and impossibility and live every day. Suffering is proof that you are alive.
Prayer: Dear Lord. Please always keep us so that we can overcome the difficulties of the world and live a life like a saint by relying on you. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
General Prayer: The Lord's Prayer for Unification