Lilies of the Field

  Sometimes people think that to become a Christian is to get rid of all problems in this life. When we are saved, our most insurmountable problem is solved—we are no longer at enmity with but reconciled to God. But what about problems in this world? Is everything supposed to be hunky dory for the believer? Is there something wrong with you if your life is filled with trials and suffering? When our worlds are rocked by a season of trials or when life around us seems to be falling apart, where do we run? Where do we turn for answers? Is okay to struggle with our problems? Habakkuk trusted God. He also struggled with doctrinal dilemmas that tested his faith but were launch pads that had the potential to catapult his faith to new heights if he responded rightly. Habakkuk was in good company with many others who had and would ask questions such as: “My God, My God, why has Thou forsaken Me?” (Psalm 22:1; Matthew 27:46)   America is under judgment. The Bible says: Blessed is the nation wh

  If you have been a Christian any length of time, it wasn’t long in your walk before you figured out you couldn’t “put God in a box”. When we use that phrase, we typically are saying that we can’t know how God is going to act in any situation. While we can’t put “God in a box”, we can know that He acts within the boundaries of His Word. In other words, He will never act outside His character. What happens when God doesn’t act according to how we think He should act or in a timely manner according to His character and His promises? What else can we know about God from Psalm 135:6, Hebrews 1:3, Ephesians 1:11, and Matthew 10:30?   In the Ladies’ Bible study I attend, we are going through 1 Kings. After Lesson 1, I was driving home meditating on the theme of 1 Kings. This thought popped into my head: I am part of God’s plan; He is not part of my plan. This is good to keep in the forefront of our minds all the time, not just when studying 1 Kings. In other words, God is not the actor in t