Comments on: God's Sovereign Hand http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/ life :: theology :: church :: ministry :: missions :: worship Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kat http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18265 Kat Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:23:37 +0000 http://www.sbcimpact.net/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18265 Hi SelahV- Thank you for that wonderful testimony of the grace and sovereignty of our Lord. He really is the only One who can carry us through the kind of things you've experienced. Kat Hi SelahV-
Thank you for that wonderful testimony of the grace and sovereignty of our Lord. He really is the only One who can carry us through the kind of things you’ve experienced.
Kat

]]> By: Karen http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18264 Karen Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:32:16 +0000 http://www.sbcimpact.net/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18264 This is exactly what I always thought SBC Impact! was going to be about. Honest, moving testimony that would spur others on to encourage and love. This might be one of a very few times that I didn't quit reading before I reached the end of the SBC Impact! devotion. Yes, I can attribute some of that desire to finish to the fact that I know SelahV personally. She taught me a million things about God when I was a youth in her youth group. But, I also attribute it to the fact that this devotion bred only the hunger to lift SelahV up in prayer and to thank her for being willing to share glimpses of a past (and present) that made me cry. I adore her family and grew up with that precious son she lost. Life is too short to spend on things that have no eternal value. This is the kind of stuff I would love to read each time I visit this blog. Thank you, SelahV, for setting your sights on the Kingdom! I love you more with every new morning. This is exactly what I always thought SBC Impact! was going to be about. Honest, moving testimony that would spur others on to encourage and love. This might be one of a very few times that I didn’t quit reading before I reached the end of the SBC Impact! devotion. Yes, I can attribute some of that desire to finish to the fact that I know SelahV personally. She taught me a million things about God when I was a youth in her youth group. But, I also attribute it to the fact that this devotion bred only the hunger to lift SelahV up in prayer and to thank her for being willing to share glimpses of a past (and present) that made me cry. I adore her family and grew up with that precious son she lost. Life is too short to spend on things that have no eternal value. This is the kind of stuff I would love to read each time I visit this blog. Thank you, SelahV, for setting your sights on the Kingdom! I love you more with every new morning.

]]> By: Steve http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18263 Steve Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:06:45 +0000 http://www.sbcimpact.net/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18263 Wonderful encouragements as always SelahV. Steve Wonderful encouragements as always SelahV.
Steve

]]> By: SelahV http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18262 SelahV Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:11:47 +0000 http://www.sbcimpact.net/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18262 Guy, thank you for your kind words. I totally agree we could be well assisted by knowing one another's stories. As a matter of fact, I really try to remember that whoever is reading my words on the other side of their monitor that I put myself in their place and understand there are various things they've gone through that have led them to the conclusions of life they espouse. I think since we cannot know every person's story unless we ask them, and unless they are willing to share, I would think it behoove us to follow our Savior's commands not to judge one another, but be more concerned with our own timbers rather than the flecks in our brother's eyes. Thanks for pointing out that aspect of remaining in fellowship with one another. selahV Guy, thank you for your kind words. I totally agree we could be well assisted by knowing one another’s stories. As a matter of fact, I really try to remember that whoever is reading my words on the other side of their monitor that I put myself in their place and understand there are various things they’ve gone through that have led them to the conclusions of life they espouse.

I think since we cannot know every person’s story unless we ask them, and unless they are willing to share, I would think it behoove us to follow our Savior’s commands not to judge one another, but be more concerned with our own timbers rather than the flecks in our brother’s eyes. Thanks for pointing out that aspect of remaining in fellowship with one another. selahV

]]> By: SelahV http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18261 SelahV Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:03:13 +0000 http://www.sbcimpact.net/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18261 Cyle, well, I'd sure would have been honored to be used of God in your church. thanks for gracious words. selahV Cyle, well, I’d sure would have been honored to be used of God in your church. thanks for gracious words. selahV

]]> By: Guy Muse http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18260 Guy Muse Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:53:15 +0000 http://www.sbcimpact.net/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18260 Thanks for sharing part of your story. I think if we all just sat down and took the time to hear one another's stories, we wouldn't be so quick to judge each other on all our faults and weaknesses. After reading your story, I have a new found respect and appreciation for you. Might we all take the time to listen to one another's hearts through their life stories. I think it would greatly assist us to be more obedient to Christ's command to "love one another." Thanks for sharing part of your story. I think if we all just sat down and took the time to hear one another’s stories, we wouldn’t be so quick to judge each other on all our faults and weaknesses. After reading your story, I have a new found respect and appreciation for you. Might we all take the time to listen to one another’s hearts through their life stories. I think it would greatly assist us to be more obedient to Christ’s command to “love one another.”

]]> By: Cyle http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18259 Cyle Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:36:31 +0000 http://www.sbcimpact.net/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18259 SelahV, Last Sunday I preached about believing God through the sufferings and tribulations of life. I wish you'd been here to preach your testimony. C SelahV,
Last Sunday I preached about believing God through the sufferings and tribulations of life. I wish you’d been here to preach your testimony.
C

]]> By: SelahV http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18258 SelahV Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:14:29 +0000 http://www.sbcimpact.net/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18258 Ron, oh yes. I've never doubted that God prepared my life and purposed in His heart a way in which my life would take me since reading Jeremiah's words after I became a Christian, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew and approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah 1:5 If God so showed us in Jeremiah's life how He worked and knew him and set him apart, then I have always clung to that assurance that He did the same for me. Though I am not a prophet, I am a witness to His providential hand and sovereign grace. I see it this way. God's perfect will is that we (even my parents and their parents) all follow Him so closely that we never deviate from the paths He sets before us. His Sovereignty covers our mistakes when we take a detour while under His permissive will to bring us back to the path of His perfect will. And though my ancestors have never acknowledge God, nor followed His precepts, God has taken their mistakes and formed in me an understanding of my own life and the purpose He has for me. I won't blame my ancestory for what I do with my present. I accept the responsibility for the ways in which I erred along the way and am grateful for God's mercy in my mistakes. Blessings to you, Ron. Many thanks for your gracious words to me. selahV Ron, oh yes. I’ve never doubted that God prepared my life and purposed in His heart a way in which my life would take me since reading Jeremiah’s words after I became a Christian, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew and approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5

If God so showed us in Jeremiah’s life how He worked and knew him and set him apart, then I have always clung to that assurance that He did the same for me. Though I am not a prophet, I am a witness to His providential hand and sovereign grace.

I see it this way. God’s perfect will is that we (even my parents and their parents) all follow Him so closely that we never deviate from the paths He sets before us. His Sovereignty covers our mistakes when we take a detour while under His permissive will to bring us back to the path of His perfect will. And though my ancestors have never acknowledge God, nor followed His precepts, God has taken their mistakes and formed in me an understanding of my own life and the purpose He has for me. I won’t blame my ancestory for what I do with my present. I accept the responsibility for the ways in which I erred along the way and am grateful for God’s mercy in my mistakes.

Blessings to you, Ron. Many thanks for your gracious words to me. selahV

]]> By: SelahV http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18257 SelahV Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:04:58 +0000 http://www.sbcimpact.net/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18257 Volfan, it's hard for me to comprehend how I went through what I went through and remain sane, too. :) But it just goes to prove the power of God and the love He really has for us in light of all we encounter. No problem anyone has is insignificant to that individual, Volfie. Your difficulties are just as relevant for your walk and how you handle them to the witness before man as mine are to me. I'm grateful if my sharing has given you strength and insight to stand a bit taller than your already unbelievable height. selahV Volfan, it’s hard for me to comprehend how I went through what I went through and remain sane, too. :) But it just goes to prove the power of God and the love He really has for us in light of all we encounter.

No problem anyone has is insignificant to that individual, Volfie. Your difficulties are just as relevant for your walk and how you handle them to the witness before man as mine are to me. I’m grateful if my sharing has given you strength and insight to stand a bit taller than your already unbelievable height. selahV

]]> By: ron http://sbcimpact.org/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18256 ron Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:55:31 +0000 http://www.sbcimpact.net/2007/12/19/gods-sovereign-hand/#comment-18256 Mrs V, Mrs V I have heard it said many times that God has prepared our lives from before we were born , and It is I know very true and our pain is often very hurtful ! This testimony is one of many that God uses to glorify His Kingdom ? Your writings have blessed me and many other lives ! It helps us to understand more what God is doing in our lives ? It helps us to find everlasting peace and molds us to want to be more like God wants us to be ? The Lord has been very gracious in changing my stubborn ways in the last 5 years and I look back all the time and say Thanks for guideing me ? I Thank you for sharing with us and I Thank God for creating a beautiful and gracious Lady like you to help Him guide us struggling sinners ! Blessings. Ron. Mrs V,

Mrs V I have heard it said many times that God has prepared our lives from before we were born , and It is I know very true and our pain is often very hurtful ! This testimony is one of many that God uses to glorify His Kingdom ? Your writings have blessed me and many other lives ! It helps us to understand more what God is doing in our lives ? It helps us to find everlasting peace and molds us to want to be more like God wants us to be ? The Lord has been very gracious in changing my stubborn ways in the last 5 years and I look back all the time and say Thanks for guideing me ? I Thank you for sharing with us and I Thank God for creating a beautiful and gracious Lady like you to help Him guide us struggling sinners !

Blessings.
Ron.

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