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But God had decided otherwise ! (2)
Friday September 24, 2021
But God had decided otherwise ! (2)
“Beloved, while I had the strong desire to write to you about the salvation which is common to us, I have been compelled to send you this letter in order to encourage you to fight for the faith handed down to the saints once for. all." Jude 3
Max Lucado related the following anecdote : “I woke up early the other morning on my way to a conference... and noticed a packet of cookies on the table. Our daughter had attended a charity auction the day before where they often sell cakes and I thought she had left this package for me. I nibbled on one, crunchy, then a second to go with my coffee. I took a third for the road. I would have taken a fourth, but since it was the last I didn't dare ! Later my wife called me : “Someone must have helped himself from the package lying on the table...” I replied : “It's me, these cookies were not bad at all...” “Cookies ?” she replied, “They were actually homemade dog biscuits !” Before serving myself, I should have inquired of the creator of these cookies ! The Bible tells us : “It is God who produces in you to will and do it for his benevolent project” (Philippians 2:13). If you feel a strange sense of restraint invading your mind, it is probably He who is trying to get your attention. For He has promised : “I will instruct you and show you the way you should go ; I will advise you, I will have my eyes on you” (Psalm 32. 8). So we must listen to Him and obey Him. When Jude writes : “Beloved, when I had the strong desire to write to you about the salvation which is common to us, I have been compelled to send you this letter in order to encourage you to fight for the faith transmitted to them. saints once and for all.”, he confesses to us that his will did not correspond to what God wanted ! F. Meyer wrote : “Do you find it difficult to choose the right direction ? Draw near to God ! Learn to feel the direction that He indicates to you by the light of His smile or on the contrary the refusal that you guess at the cloud which veils His face... Wait for His decision with patience and in silence, even if everyone around you burn with impatience ! The will of God will then appear to you in all its clarity and you will know Him better.”
Source (His Word for Today)
Tags: God, his, but, cookies
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