Today’s Thought “Preparing for Chaos” G. Ward

 

Proverbs 3:3 Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.

 

While many congregants are being taught how to anticipate blessings, pain and sufferings of sorts remains the elephant in the room and whereas Jesus taught those first disciples how encounters involving the marketplace (i.e., within the city gates) would offer agonizing moments, particularly upon having been chosen by an unpopular Savior, along with a message contrary to the religionists of that day, that teaching, compels every generation hereafter. It’s therefore most necessary to practice ahead, that to what the testing presents; for those oppositional need an example that won’t typify a common reaction, but an inordinate affection we have in being owned by the Magnificent Savior – Jesus, while portraying kindness in a harsh world, along with joyfully exemplifying how easy it is to absolutely rely on HIM in every way.

 

Father God, it’s Your lovingkindness towards us that grants us endurance to stand amidst trials. So, may we know that building our faith is the necessary component in not rendering “evil for evil.” As we journey to proclaim knowing You as completely satisfying; may our compassion rise to know how You won’t initially afford us insight on who You’ve chosen before the foundation of the world, while inevitably knowing them by the fruit they bear; proclaiming, use us Lord, for Your glory, In Jesus Name, Amen.