Pastor’s pen: “Living in the Truth”
If you have had surgery in recent times and have had a
Doctor take you through the risks associated with the procedure, you would
recognise the use of statistics to define the chances you have of something
going wrong. The language used is in 1 in 100 cases this may happen or in 1 in
1000 cases that may happen, and so on. It is so easy in such circumstances to
see yourself as simply a number or a statistic which can easily lead to fear of
what may happen to you. I have had these same experiences lately of hearing statistics
used to outline the dangers in procedures I am or will be having. But the Lord
spoke a powerful word of reassurance into me in recent times from Psalm 91:7.
It reads, “A thousand may fall at your
side, ten thousand at your right hand but it will not come near you.”
We are exposed to many facts, opinions and assumptions in
life that we can be overwhelmed, even to the point of being so preoccupied with
facts that we lose sight of truth. Truth, after all, is what God says and it
sometimes runs counter to what is peddled as facts. This is important to
recognise in our journey of faith for apart from God’s truth we have little to
stand upon and we become extremely vulnerable to the fears and uncertainties of
life.
I am so grateful God has quickened this truth into my spirit
as I make my journey of faith through this season of trial. It has already born
fruit in my faith and expectation. In a recent appointment I was again having
various categories described to me of what happens to different people through
the radiation treatment process. As I left the Doctor’s office I wondered to
myself what category I would be in. Then the truth that God had already deposited
in me, that I am not some mere statistic, rose up and fuelled my faith in God’s
truth. I am not subject to the storms of fear and uncertainty because I do not
belong in a category; I am safe in the hands of my Saviour and my God.
We don’t have to be facing health issues for this truth to
become real for us. Stop seeing yourself as a helpless victim of circumstances
and rather see yourself as God would intend; safe in the hands of the Living
God. That place of security is a place we occupy by faith.
Ps Steve
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