Friday, July 11, 2008

Excerpt from "Streams In The Dessert"

"We often pray to be delivered from calamities; we even trust that we shall be; but we do not pray to be made what we should be, in the very presence of the calamities; to live amid them, as long as they last, in the consciousness that we are, held and sheltered by the Lord, and can therefore remain in the midst of them, so long as they continue, without any hurt.

For forty days and nights, the Saviour was kept in the presence of Satan in the wilderness, and that, under circumstances of special trial, His human nature being weakened by want of food and rest (Matthew 4:1-11).

The furnace was heated seven times more than it [was to have been] heated, but the three Hebrew children were kept a season amid its flames as calm and composed in the presence of the tyrant's last appliances of torture, as they were in the presence of Jesus Himself before their time of deliverance came (Daniel chapter 3).

And the livelong night did Daniel sit among the lions, and when he was taken up out of the den, 'no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God' (Daniel chapter 6).

They [all] dwelt in the presence of the enemy, because they dwelt in the presence of God."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! Thank you for that very strong reminder that God can care for us better than any doctor, nurse, or the most powerful human being we know. We continue to pray for God's will for all of you.
Love,
Mom K

Megan said...

Amen. Thank you for this reminder. Boy is it true. You are amazing. Thank you for for sharing so we also can grow closer to God through your journey. I pray you all have a nice family weekend and may God give us hope and strength for Monday and Tuesday.
Love,
Megan