Monday, 16 June 2008
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Casting Crowns
By Casting Crowns
Praise You In the Storm
see relatedLost Lesson - Ending
One of life’s most frustrating things for me is when I forget the goodness of God. God is continually teaching me, changing me and bringing me into closer fellowship with him. But from time to time as with any normal human on earth, the sin nature gets in the way of that fellowship and I sometimes forget. I forget the good things He’s already done. I forget what His word promises He will do and has done. I forget the lessons He has taught me. I forget the gentle whispers into my spirit. This grieves me.
In the song Turn! Turn! Turn! Which is an adaptation of Ecclesiastes 3, the Byrds remind us that all things are done in proper season. For me, this has begun the season of remembrance. This is different from the season of mourning or the season of thanksgiving. God has been taking me gently by the heart and leading me forward into the season of remembrance. Those things which I had forgotten are now coming forward, back the beginning of my thoughts where they once were when He first taught them to me.
One of the lessons that God is bringing forward, once again and reminding me that He taught me is this… “It is not important where you began or how the middle was… but your endings are the most important.” He illustrated this truth to me through King Uzziah. King Uzziah was a wonderful king, likened to King David in reign and rule. There was prosperity, goodness, peace and plenty when King Uzziah sat on the throne. However, pride welled up in King Uzziah and he went somewhere he shouldn’t have, (the temple) and did something he was not called and anointed to do, (burn incense in the temple. ) Because he stepped so far off the path, what happened next could not be undone and was in essence his own undoing. He was immediately struck with leprosy and eventually died an exile. He did not have a very good ending.
Jesus on the other hand, had an amazing ending. For Him it must have been agony to die the human death he endured… one we can never comprehend. It would be like taking your worst day ever and times it times a million… something incomprehensible. Yet His ending was so phenomenal that it changed an entire planet forever! He has a meager beginning with average people in unusual circumstances. His middle was no different than yours or mine. But it was His ending (which in essence was a beginning) that would endure forever!
I’ve not always been so pleased with my beginnings. They have often been harsher than I thought personally necessary. My middles have been filled with struggles and victories… but it’s my endings that are always the most important thing. How I end a season is the most important thing because it will be my last lesson or last memory or last experience that I will be left holding when the season passes and another comes forward. I don’t always know what the next season will bring, I’m hoping for a bit of prosperity and maybe some ease for my husband. Regardless of what it is, I’d like to look back on this last season and not remember all the pain and tears. I’d like to remember the exciting days of each moment that I knew without a doubt that God really was with me, I could really hear His voice and see evidence of His love. I’d like to go out with a smile, a bang, a shout and feeling as though I mattered for once.
I’ve been happy with this season of healing. That’s what it was… and now God has declared I’m CURED! He not only told me He healed me, He did it, showed it to others and shouted it out for all to see! We celebrated with bells, balloons and cupcakes.
When it’s time for God to move you out of your comfort zone… and believe me if you’re comfortable, He WILL move you! Determine to be happy, even if you are sad for the change. I promise and so does God that it will be okay. He has better plans for you. I know it might seems great just as it is… but it can always be better and God knows exactly how it can be better. Don’t be a King Uzziah and be filled with self righteous pride at what you did. Because dear friend, it wasn’t you… it was God - through you. Allow Him to continue to work through you. Choose the right ending, you’ll thank yourself later.
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