English Standard Version
Romans 8:32
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
God parted with Jesus, his very own, his best gift, will also graciously give us all things both physical and material.
As human beings we often look upon one who has been 'blessed' with much. If God has given me this, answered my prayer on this matter, I am blessed. It is true that I am blessed but how about those prayers that God has yet to answer me the way I want it to be answered, am I not blessed because he has not answered or am I waiting to be blessed? Have I used the word 'bless' too loosely that I've fail to see other aspects of answered prayer.
Whatever happens to us, happens for a reason i.e. good or bad. Recently my church mission team to Surathani had their boat capsized, they were all saved and we thanked God for the capsize and for their lives saved, even the youngest one amongst them who had no life vest and did not know how to swim was miraculously rescued by God. What if one of the team members didn't make it alive, will we still thank God for the capsized and for the remaining ones who came back alive?
I think long and hard on this matter and realized that no matter what we go through with God or have experience with Him, we will always see blessings on this side of the earth as something that has benefitted us or was to our advantage. We define blessings in our own terms and inteprete it according to common human experiences.
I thank God that I am blessed by Him whether I have a child or not
I thank God that I am blessed by Him whether it was an easy or difficult pregnancy
I thank God that I am blessed by Him whether the journey of parenting would take a strain on me or not
I thank God that I am blessed by Him whether my kid will be healthy or not
I thank God for giving me His Son, the Most precious One for my sins to be forgiven and for my soul to be eternally saved.
Romans 8:32
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
God parted with Jesus, his very own, his best gift, will also graciously give us all things both physical and material.
As human beings we often look upon one who has been 'blessed' with much. If God has given me this, answered my prayer on this matter, I am blessed. It is true that I am blessed but how about those prayers that God has yet to answer me the way I want it to be answered, am I not blessed because he has not answered or am I waiting to be blessed? Have I used the word 'bless' too loosely that I've fail to see other aspects of answered prayer.
Whatever happens to us, happens for a reason i.e. good or bad. Recently my church mission team to Surathani had their boat capsized, they were all saved and we thanked God for the capsize and for their lives saved, even the youngest one amongst them who had no life vest and did not know how to swim was miraculously rescued by God. What if one of the team members didn't make it alive, will we still thank God for the capsized and for the remaining ones who came back alive?
I think long and hard on this matter and realized that no matter what we go through with God or have experience with Him, we will always see blessings on this side of the earth as something that has benefitted us or was to our advantage. We define blessings in our own terms and inteprete it according to common human experiences.
I thank God that I am blessed by Him whether I have a child or not
I thank God that I am blessed by Him whether it was an easy or difficult pregnancy
I thank God that I am blessed by Him whether the journey of parenting would take a strain on me or not
I thank God that I am blessed by Him whether my kid will be healthy or not
I thank God for giving me His Son, the Most precious One for my sins to be forgiven and for my soul to be eternally saved.
Comments