‘When We Lose Our Spiritual
Direction.’
Ecclesiastes 8:15.
a) We think of self
comforting pleasure.
b) We only want to:-
1- Eat.
2- Drink.
3- Be merry.
c) These things comfort us
when we have lost our spiritual direction and are just toiling along.
d) This can go on for years
in our life, even though our life is given to us by God.
(This QT
teaches me what happens When We Lose Our Spiritual Direction)
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‘Intensive
Learning From The Hand Of God.’
a) Psalm 119:71. It may be
good for us to be afflicted so that we can learn the Lord’s Statutes and
Decrees.
b) Hebrews 12:6. Those
people whom the Lord Loves He also disciplines. He suitably punishes every
child whom He Acknowledges.
c) Job 5:17. Happy is the
person whom God reproves. That means we should not despise the discipline which
comes from the Almighty.
d) Hebrews 12:11. All
discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those
who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of
righteousness.
(This Second one is very real in my life
situation: Intensive Learning From The Hand Of God)
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Chris.
We all think of self comforting pleasure when we lose our spiritual
direction. This pleasure may not be what is regarded as “sinful” by the Church
or fellow Believers. It may be just simply eating, drinking and being merry and
yet these things can become a false comfort when our lives are not in good
condition spiritually. The Scripture speaks about seeking first the Kingdom of
God. It also speaks about thirsting and hungering for God. So let us always
enjoy our lives and also be free from false comforts as we endeavour to follow
the Lord.
