We are called to move from being a thermometer to a thermostat . A thermometer records the temperature . It gauges the environment around us . The focus is on how we “ feel .” Yet a thermostat sets the temperature . It triggers a transformation of the atmosphere .
Friends , this could be the opportunity for our greatest hour in the body !
One demonstration of the power of God can draw a whole city to “ come and see .” People were drawn to Yeshua because of the testimony of those he had previously touched .
The blind man ( Luke 18 ) The centurion ’ s servant ( Luke 7 ) Canaanite woman from Tyre and Sidon ( Matt . 15 ) Towns were emptied to come see Yeshua .
5 . ENDURE SUFFERING WITH HOPE
There are different ways to face suffering . Hopelessness and despair results from focusing on the chaos and contraction of the suffering . How can God allow this ? How can God do this to me ? Why is evil and injustice against me able to stand ?
Hope is an expectation that suffering will eventually produce fulfillment of God ’ s purposes in your life .
No one can prevent God ’ s glory upon your life . Your trials can be the very moment of God ’ s breakthrough . It was at the edge of the sea that God split the waters for the Hebrews . It was out of the ashes of the Holocaust that Israel was reborn in a day .
Your faith is only as strong as the trial you have overcome .
Faith that is not tested cannot be trusted . Faith tested by difficulty reveals the true motives and intentions of the heart . The greater the test , the greater the faith .
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