My dear brothers and sisters, of FaithLine: Prayer should always be the starting point when we are facing obstacles, trials, or failure in our lives. The one who is ultimate source of all wisdom is THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, who says, “If any of you lacks wisdom, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, who GIVES TO ALL LIBERALLY (generously) and without reproach, and IT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM. But LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, WITH NO DOUBTING, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, UNSTABLE in all his ways.” (James 1:5-8) This may seem harsh but here is the thing! Our Lord God tells us that HE GIVES US WHAT WE NEED without reproach (criticism). So what should we do? “SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked…And the unrighteous man…return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And…will abundantly pardon. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And…water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud…So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But IT SHALL ACCOMPLISH WHAT I PLEASE, And IT SHALL PROSPER (flourish) in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:6-12)
WHATEVER GOD SAYS WILL SURELY COME TO PASS…
FaithLine, the bible says: “SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND…”
-Bill Stockham