Olá querido amigo! Tudo bem? Espero que sim!
Nestes últimos tempos tenho pensado no fogo de Deus, mas não simplesmente o Fogo da Sua Presença, do Seu Doce Espírito mas do fogo refinador, que muitas vezes consome os nossos corações.
É verdade que muitas vezes Deus permite que passemos por situações difíceis, árduas, amargas para que aprendamos mas isto com certeza não é nada agradável.
Tanto luto, tanta dor e choro, parece que muitas vezes Deus não enxerga, mas isto não é verdade, Ele chora conosco e nos ajuda em nossas dores e fragilidades!
Uma situação com uma família amiga trouxe este tema novamente à minha mente.
Tantas coisas que vemos que se formos pensar baseados na nossa minúscula humanidade, certamente falaríamos: "Injusto!"
Mas Deus nos ama tanto que é como uma expressão que ouvi outro dia, Deus está nos salgando para nos preservar.
Este fogo refinador nos molda, nos transforma, nos deixa mais refinados que o mais puro ouro, sim mais que o ouro refinado 7 vezes como diz a Bíblia e nos ensina em meio ao pranto e conforme vemos na Palavra de Deus em Salmos 26: "Quem sai andando e chorando semeando sua semente, com júbilo voltará trazendo seus feixes". Ou quem não ouviu em Salmos 30:5 que "o choro pode durar uma noite mas a alegria vem pela manhã"?
Temos por óbvio que a morte de alguém querido, demissão do emprego, incidentes e dores desta vida, extremamente dolorosos e arrebatadores e realmente o são.
Muitas vezes nos perguntamos por que tanta desgraça e muitas vezes nossos corações se dirigem à pergunta mais próxima: "Deus, onde estás?" mas a verdade mais profunda é que depois de tudo isso o crescimento diante de Deus será valoroso.
A melhor pergunta seria "Onde eu estou?" porque quando estamos ligados em intimidade no Centro da vontade de Deus, ele nos direciona, caminha conosco, colhe nossas lágrimas e sente nossa dor no momento mais trágico da alma.
Ao contrario da triste teologia da prosperidade, o crente pode viver a vida inteira sem ter uma casa própria e um carro, pode ficar doente e se o Senhor o chamar depois de uma doença grave, ele estará com o Senhor! Ele É o Senhor da Vida e quando Ele cumpre todos os planos que estavam escritos e determinados para nós(Sl 139), nos chama, é o ciclo natural das coisas.
Como a Palavra diz em Romanos 14:8 "Quer vivamos quer morramos, somos do Senhor".
Tudo nesta vida é sobre Ele, por que dEle, por Ele e para Ele são todas as coisas, não podemos nos esquecer disto!
Fomos feitos à imagem dEle e em breve Ele voltará. Estaremos nas nuvens em um piscar de olhos e em breve chegaremos à morada do Pai onde há muitas moradas e lá nos encontraremos com todos os Seus servos, mesmo aqueles que não chegamos a conhecer pessoalmente, estaremos todos juntos diante do Cordeiro Santo que se deu por nós...
Muitas vezes o sofrimento vem para Deus nos colocar à prova como fez com o povo no deserto e ver o que tinha em seus corações mas com certeza se nós estamos no centro da Sua Soberana vontade Ele estará conosco, pois É Sua Promessa para nós e sabemos que elas não falham.
Fique na Paz, no Deus de toda a Paz que excede todo entendimento.
Deixo com você uma música e um video que amo ouvir em momentos em que há frutos e na hora em que tudo parece estar seco, Ele É o Deus que rega nossos corações, Aleluia!
Mesmo quando não posso entender
Minhas lágrimas me impedem de te ver
Teus caminhos são mais altos que os meus
Teus mistérios mais profundos do que eu
Te adoro, Senhor
Calo meu coração e me prostro
Te adoro, Senhor
No dia mau quero proclamar
Confio em Teu amor que não mudará
Nem mesmo a morte pode me separar
Do Teu cuidado e proteção
Mesmo quando não te vejo
Sei que a Tua mão me sustenta
Não temerei más notícias
Mesmo no vale da sombra da morte
Comigo Tu estás
(Meu socorro bem presente na angústia)
Hello dear friend! Okay? I hope so!
In recent times I have thought about the fire of God, but not just the Fire of His Presence, His Sweet Spirit, but the refining fire that often consumes our hearts.
It is true that sometimes God allows us to go through difficult situations, harsh, bitter to learn and that's not pleasant for sure.
So much grief, so much pain and crying, it seems that God often does not see our pain, in our struggle, but this is not true, He weeps with us and help us in our pain and weakness!
A situation with a family friend brought this issue to my mind once again.
So many things that we think, if we see them, based on our tiny human existence, certainly we would speak: "Unfair!"
But God loves us so much that it is like an expression I heard the other day, God is in the salting to preserve us.
This refining fire shapes us, transforms us, makes us more sophisticated than the purest gold, but more than fine gold seven times as the Bible says and teaches us in the midst of mourning and as we see in the Word of God in Psalm 26: " Who goes forth weeping sowing their seed, bringing his sheaves with joy again. " Or who has not heard in Psalm 30:5 that "weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning?"
We have for granted that the death of a loved one, termination of employment, incidents and pains of this life, extremely painful, disruptive and really are.
We often wonder why so much misery and often our hearts are directed to the question closer, "God, where are you?" but the deeper truth is that after all this growth will be worthy before God.
A better question would be "Where am I?" because when we are connected in the intimate center of God's will, he directs us, walks with us, pick up our tears and feel our pain in the most tragic of the soul.
Unlike the sad prosperity theology, the believer can live a lifetime without having to own a home and a car, you can get sick and if the Lord calls you after a serious illness, he will be with the Lord! He is the Lord of life and when he meets all the plans and determined they were written for us (Psalm 139), calls us, is the natural cycle of things.
As the Word says in Romans 14:8 "Whether we live or die, we are the Lord."
Everything in this life is about Him, why him and through him and to him are all things we can not forget it!
We were made to the image of Him and He will return soon. We will be in the clouds in a blink of an eye and soon reach the abode of the Father where are many mansions, and there we meet with all His servants, even those who did not get to meet people, we will all be together before the Lamb who gave himself for Holy We ...
Often the suffering is for God to put to the test as he did with the people in the desert and see what was in their hearts but surely if we are at the center of His sovereign will He be with us, it is His promise to us and we know they do not fail.
Stay in Peace, the God of all the peace that passeth all understanding.
I leave you with a song and a video that I love to hear at times when there are fruits and the time when everything seems to be dry, he is the God who waters our hearts, Alleluia!
Mesmo no vale da sombra da morte
Comigo Tu estás
(Meu socorro bem presente na angústia)
Hello dear friend! Okay? I hope so!
In recent times I have thought about the fire of God, but not just the Fire of His Presence, His Sweet Spirit, but the refining fire that often consumes our hearts.
It is true that sometimes God allows us to go through difficult situations, harsh, bitter to learn and that's not pleasant for sure.
So much grief, so much pain and crying, it seems that God often does not see our pain, in our struggle, but this is not true, He weeps with us and help us in our pain and weakness!
A situation with a family friend brought this issue to my mind once again.
So many things that we think, if we see them, based on our tiny human existence, certainly we would speak: "Unfair!"
But God loves us so much that it is like an expression I heard the other day, God is in the salting to preserve us.
This refining fire shapes us, transforms us, makes us more sophisticated than the purest gold, but more than fine gold seven times as the Bible says and teaches us in the midst of mourning and as we see in the Word of God in Psalm 26: " Who goes forth weeping sowing their seed, bringing his sheaves with joy again. " Or who has not heard in Psalm 30:5 that "weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning?"
We have for granted that the death of a loved one, termination of employment, incidents and pains of this life, extremely painful, disruptive and really are.
We often wonder why so much misery and often our hearts are directed to the question closer, "God, where are you?" but the deeper truth is that after all this growth will be worthy before God.
A better question would be "Where am I?" because when we are connected in the intimate center of God's will, he directs us, walks with us, pick up our tears and feel our pain in the most tragic of the soul.
Unlike the sad prosperity theology, the believer can live a lifetime without having to own a home and a car, you can get sick and if the Lord calls you after a serious illness, he will be with the Lord! He is the Lord of life and when he meets all the plans and determined they were written for us (Psalm 139), calls us, is the natural cycle of things.
As the Word says in Romans 14:8 "Whether we live or die, we are the Lord."
Everything in this life is about Him, why him and through him and to him are all things we can not forget it!
We were made to the image of Him and He will return soon. We will be in the clouds in a blink of an eye and soon reach the abode of the Father where are many mansions, and there we meet with all His servants, even those who did not get to meet people, we will all be together before the Lamb who gave himself for Holy We ...
Often the suffering is for God to put to the test as he did with the people in the desert and see what was in their hearts but surely if we are at the center of His sovereign will He be with us, it is His promise to us and we know they do not fail.
Stay in Peace, the God of all the peace that passeth all understanding.
I leave you with a song and a video that I love to hear at times when there are fruits and the time when everything seems to be dry, he is the God who waters our hearts, Alleluia!
