“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” – Jeremiah 29:11
In the book, Searching For Happiness by Martin Thielen, the second chapter begins by telling a story of a union soldier of the Civil War, who was shot in the arm and told by his captain before taking his gun away to run behind the battlefield and look for the medic. The private returned after a while and ask for his gun back explaining, he ran in all direction to find the end zone of fighting, but he found raging battle in all direction and no doctor or nurse to help him. The chapter continues to dissect life that spares non from facing fire of constant battling of different kinds. You and I are not created to live free of problems, in fact many times we are like the soldier who is running for cover and aid of the friendly ally, while we realize there is only enemy, destruction and helplessness around us. Our Lord, Jesus Christ was in the same situation, which he did not desire to abandon. He had no plan to survive, no will to recover, but thrive to be one with God and his plan that the Creator and Maker draw out for him that justified all of his efforts that not saved him and sustained him, but lifted him up to the glory of the loving God. Perhaps, there is a message for us to face all evil in the frontline of daily fighting with the courage that comes from God through faith. Let us be the warriors of faith knowing that the Lord is more than a captain or general of an army. He is the supreme judge, the deliverer of life and death, to whom all creation must surrender without ever thinking of looking for cover or a hiding place.
In the book, Searching For Happiness by Martin Thielen, the second chapter begins by telling a story of a union soldier of the Civil War, who was shot in the arm and told by his captain before taking his gun away to run behind the battlefield and look for the medic. The private returned after a while and ask for his gun back explaining, he ran in all direction to find the end zone of fighting, but he found raging battle in all direction and no doctor or nurse to help him. The chapter continues to dissect life that spares non from facing fire of constant battling of different kinds. You and I are not created to live free of problems, in fact many times we are like the soldier who is running for cover and aid of the friendly ally, while we realize there is only enemy, destruction and helplessness around us. Our Lord, Jesus Christ was in the same situation, which he did not desire to abandon. He had no plan to survive, no will to recover, but thrive to be one with God and his plan that the Creator and Maker draw out for him that justified all of his efforts that not saved him and sustained him, but lifted him up to the glory of the loving God. Perhaps, there is a message for us to face all evil in the frontline of daily fighting with the courage that comes from God through faith. Let us be the warriors of faith knowing that the Lord is more than a captain or general of an army. He is the supreme judge, the deliverer of life and death, to whom all creation must surrender without ever thinking of looking for cover or a hiding place.
,,Mert csak én tudom, mi a tervem veletek - így szól az ÚR -: békességet és nem romlást tervezek, és reményteljes jövőt adok nektek.” – Jeremiás 29:11
Martin Thielen, A boldogságot keresni című könyvének második fejezete egy rövid történettel kezdődik az amerikai polgárháború idejéből. Az író elmeséli, hogy egy kiskatona, aki az északi hadsereg oldalán harcolt a shilohi csatában, megsebesült a karján, majd a kapitánya azt parancsolta, hogy adja át fegyverét és szaladjon északra, a csatatér mögé a mentő alakulathoz. A honvéd egy bizonyos idő elteltével megjelent felettesénél és kérte vissza a puskáját, miután jelentette, hogy szaladt északra, nyugatra, keletre, de egyik irányba sem találta a csatatér végét, csak a véres küzdelmet. A szerző kitér arra, hogy az élet senkit nem kímél meg az élet különféle borzalmaitól,csatatereitől. Te és én sem szabadulhatunk meg a problémáktól, fájdalmaktól az életben. Mi is mint a kiskatona a történetben, sebzetten rohanunk minden irányba, hogy valahol egy kis nyugalmat, illetve segítséget kapjunk a körülöttünk zajló kegyetlen harcban. Jézus Krisztus is ugyanebben a helyzetben volt, de Ő nem akart hátat fordítani, elmenekülni. Krisztus nem tervezte, hogy túléli a dolgokat, hogy majd megmenekül és újrakezdi valahogyan. Az Úr Jézus szembenézett a véres küzdelemmel azért, hogy felemelkedjen a feladatban Istenhez és eggyé válljon az Atyával, a Teremtővel, akinek terve volt vele és terve van mindnyájunkkal. Ne futamodj meg te sem a megpróbáltatástól, találd meg Isten csodálatos üzenetét életed kegyetlennek tűnő helyzeteiben. Nézz szembe azzal, ami megfélemlít, ami próbára tesz és gondolj odaadással Istenre, aki több, mint a sereg vezére, hiszen az Úr a bíró, az alkotó, rendelkező, akinek hatalma páratlan, akinek kezében van életed és a halálod, az Úr az, akinek mindenkinek meg kell hajolnia, meg kell adnia magát kibúvó nélkül.
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