This morning I was reading a friend's blog. Although she is also Christian, we are not of the same faith. She has been filtering through various Christian teachings looking for the good teachings to help her draw nearer to Christ; she is such a great example to me.
In the replies to her post there was a debate going on concerning trust in God, letting Him control the outcome. The subject was one of life or death; risk a mother's life on the faint hope an ectopic pregnancy might prove viable or sacrifice the babe to preserve a mother who can bear other fruit and raise them to the Lord. One side was adamantly in condemnation; their insistence: Do nothing, but trust God, prayerfully, and hope for His miracle. The other side was more moderate: Trust God, accept the gifts of knowledge and technology as the miracle and let God guide their choice.
I am so grateful we have a prophet on Earth today. Their is no need to try to interpret God's word because He instructs His mouthpiece here with all we need to know and understand. God is one of mercy and He knows what His children need. He has caused technology to become what it is now for His own purpose. In the medical field, He has guided the minds of many researchers and the hands of many surgeons to improve our lives for the purpose of allowing us to teach others of His goodness and mercy.
But their comes a time when choices must be made. While God wants all of us to join Him in His kingdom, we cannot all take the same path to get there; we go through different trials because we are different. Some of us must abide poverty, others riches, others persecution; some of us must struggle with health or physical or mental disabilities; some of us endure childlessness or are not blessed with marriage, or there may be marital discord. No matter what our challenges are, God can help us turn all of them to our benefit. To help guide us we have the scriptures, we have a prophet, but to guide us in minute ways our Heavenly Father has given us the gift of personal revelation. If we seek to know God's will, with the intent to bend our will to His, He will make it known to us.
I have seen the Lord's guiding hand many times in my life. Many decisions He made for me, things happened or fell in place and I have been greatly blessed by them. But sometimes my action has been required. I would gladly take that first step and trust the Lord if just knew which direction. I have prayed for that guidance, the Spirit has helped me to know which way to go, and I have walked not knowing where I was going, but knowing it was where my Heavenly Father wanted me to go. Those paths have always led to the sweetest blessings.
You are too kind, Marie! What an encouraging post. I think the thing that bothers me so much about these ministries is the lack of grace and the lack of trust. There is no grace for those who interpret Holy Scripture differently (and even Scripture says we all see through a glass dimly). And there is no trust in the Holy Spirit to speak to believers or in the believers to hear His Voice. It is all a bludgeoning with man's opinion and man's addition to His perfect Word.
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