Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
Singapore
August 22, 1994
Good Morning!
"Circumstances don't make or break a man...They simply
reveal him."
CIRCUMSTANCES: Are you surmounting yours or allowing
them to get the best of you?
According to Psalm 84:5 - 7 the OVERCOMEERS OF CIRCUMSTANCES
have four characteristics:
#1 THEY DRAW THEIR STRENGTH FROM GOD:
"How blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee..."
(Verse 5)
When you purchase a new automobile there are two ways to get it
off the lot. Push it or drive it. Many Christians
push their way through life, never tapping into the energy sources
that is rightfully theirs: Jesus.
#2 THEIR HEART IS 100% GIVEN OVER TO GOD:
"...In whose heart are the highways to Zion!" (Verse
5)
Here is a person with a single purpose: The highway to Zion.
The highway to heaven. This is the pilgrim with blinders on,
headed in one direction: Zion, his eternal home.
#3 THEY OVERCOME AND EVEN CHANGE THEIR DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES:
"Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a spring,
the early rain also covers it with blessings." (Verse
6)
Baca is a place of weeping, sorrow, sterility and possibly death.
In this barren environment these "OVERCOMERS OF CIRCUMSTANCES"
"make it a spring" of water, a source of refreshment,
a place of hope and beauty. Rather than being overwhelmed by
their circumstances, they change them for good!
#4 THEY BECOME STRONGER AND STRONGER UNTIL THEY CROSS THE
FINISH LINE.
"They go from strength to strength, every one of them
appears before God in Zion." (Verse 7)
These OVERCOMERS OF CIRCUMSTANCES "gain new strength,
(mounting) up with wings like eagles. They... run and not
get tired...walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)
And they all make it: "Everyone of them appears
before God in Zion." (Verse 7)
So, we have a choice: To live "under" the circumstances
or rise above them.
WHAT ARE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES REVEALING ABOUT YOU? ARE THEY
MAKING YOU OR BREAKING YOU?
Have a great week!
Dwight Hill
© Copyright 1996 Dwight Hill. Unlimited permission to copy or use is hereby granted subject to inclusion of this copyright notice.
| Back to Antioch's Well |  |
Back to Antioch's Home Page |
