Verse of the day: Ah! I would have liked to be as I have been in recent months (Job 29. 2).
Some believers look at the past with pleasure and see the present with dissatisfaction, look at the days they spent in intimacy with the Lord, as if they were the sweetest and best they have ever known, but the present is dressed in a dark suit. of melancholy and monotony. They used to live closer to the Lord, but now they feel they have turned away from Him. These believers say, “Ah, I would have liked to be the way I was these last few months!?have lost security, have no peace of mind, or find no joy in the means of grace; they regret that their conscience is not very sensitive, or that they are not so jealous of God’s glory.
- The causes of this state of mourning are multiple.
- This may be the result of negligence in prayer.
- For negligence in prayer is secretly the beginning of any spiritual decline.
- Or it may be the result of idolatry.
- The heart was more concerned with other things than God.
- On earth.
- Arlier than in the things of heaven.
- A jealous God will not be content with a broken heart.
- He must be loved first and with the best in us.
- God will not allow the light of his presence to shine on a cold and hesitant.
- The cause of this condition can be found in self-confidence and self-justice.
- Pride is always occupied in the heart and the ego is exalted.
- Rather than humbled at the foot of the cross.
Believing, if you are not now what you have been in recent months ?, do not settle for the desire to return to previous happiness; Immediately seek your Lord and tell Him of your sad state; Ask him for mercy and strength to help you draw near to him; humble yourself before the Lord Jesus, who will lift you up and enjoy the light of your face again. Not just complaining and complaining. As long as the Beloved Doctor lives, there is hope and certainty of healing for the worst cases.