Somehow I keep looking over my shoulder wondering what God is going to do next. Remembering some painful memories of the past, I still find I live in fear of repeating those situations that caused some moments of overwhelming grief.
Deciding to look through what the Bible has to say about pain (as if I shouldn't have done this a few months ago...) I ran into John 16:21:
"A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world."
Therefore, the labor pains of realizing Christ as my JOY will not be repeated. The child of JOY in Christ, the-all-sufficient, has already been labored for. And if He has been established as our joy, any other pain will not overwhelm.
"So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic."--Isaiah 28:16
Deciding to look through what the Bible has to say about pain (as if I shouldn't have done this a few months ago...) I ran into John 16:21:
"A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world."
Therefore, the labor pains of realizing Christ as my JOY will not be repeated. The child of JOY in Christ, the-all-sufficient, has already been labored for. And if He has been established as our joy, any other pain will not overwhelm.
"So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic."--Isaiah 28:16
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