ODB:Your Spiritual Pipeline
June 13, 2011
God may delay or deny our request, but He will never disappoint our trust.
READ: Psalm 57
My soul trusts in You; and in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge. —Psalm 57:1
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline stretches 800 miles through Alaska. Because it was built through an earthquake zone, engineers had to be sure the pipe could withstand earth trauma. They decided on a network of Teflon sliders designed to ease the shock when the ground moved below the pipes. Engineers were delighted when the first big test came. In 2002, an earthquake occurred causing the ground to move 18 feet to one side. The Teflon sliders moved gently to accommodate the movement without any damage to the pipe. The key was flexibility.
The believer’s spiritual pipeline to heaven is built upon firm trust in God. But if we are inflexible in our expectations of how God should work, we can run into trouble. In a crisis, we can make the mistake of shifting our focus from God to our painful circumstances. Our prayer should be, “God, I don’t understand why You have allowed this painful situation. But I am trusting in Your ultimate deliverance despite all that’s going on around me.” The psalmist expressed this so well when he wrote: “My soul trusts in You . . . until these calamities have passed by” (Ps. 57:1).
When the earth seems to move under us, let’s be flexible in our expectations but firmly confident in God’s steadfast love and care.
— Dennis Fisher
Source: Our Daily Bread
Tweet This
Share on Facebook
Digg This
Save to delicious
Stumble it
RSS FeedRelated
ODJ: joy of suffering
December 10, 2009 I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for His body, the church (v.24). READ: Colossians 1:24-29 In The Call to Joy and Pain, Ajith Fernando writes: “Ministry in Sri Lanka can be quite frustrating. We work [...]
ODJ: the small stuff
January 26, 2012 Every man and woman who was eager to help in the work the Lord had given them through Moses—brought their gifts and gave them freely to the Lord (v.29). READ: Exodus 35:4-29 How has your ministry been able to thrive in these tough economic times?” someone asked the leader of a non-profit organisation. [...]
ODB: Fear Not
May 22, 2012 READ: Isaiah 43:1-4 Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. —Isaiah 43:1 My wife became seriously ill during her pregnancy with our second child. As the doctors struggled to find the problem, she continued to grow weaker—dangerously so.Watching her suffer was a [...]
ODB: Dealing with Delay
April 15, 2011 READ: Isaiah 26:1-9 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You. —Isaiah 26:3 In April 2010, clouds of ash spewed by a volcano in Iceland closed airports across the UK and Europe for 5 days. Nearly 100,000 flights were canceled and millions of passengers around the world [...]
Christian Courses
Day Of Discovery
Discover The Word
Discovery Series
Help For My Life
My Utmost For His Highest
Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Journey
RBC Ministries
WarungSateKaMu
Manasociety
雅米
I would rather see that this pipeline as Christ, unshakeable in severe situations so much so that I will be foolish not to trust in Him. Truly, he never disappoint. Amen.