Personal Resilience Enhancement Plan
"The Psalm 73:26 contains this truth: 'My flesh and my heart may fail.' Now literally it’s just 'fail,' not 'may fail.' There’s no 'may' implied in this Hebrew verb. Its just, 'My flesh and my heart are failing, I am discouraged, I am despondent, I am at my wit’s end.' And then comes the spiritual counter attack in the next phrase: 'but God.'⠀ ⠀ So here’s this man. The cork is pulled out at the bottom of his life. His heart and his flesh are just about depleted, and he says — perhaps with his last breath — 'but God is the rock (or strength) of my weak, failing life and my portion forever.'⠀ ⠀ So my point is, wherever this despondency may come from, it’s unbelief that doesn’t say 'but God.' It’s unbelief that puts up no resistance. It’s unbelief that doesn’t take the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit and fight. That much I think we can say with clarity from Scripture. 'My body is shot, my heart is almost dead, and for whatever reason I will not yield. I will trust to God though my strength is gone.'⠀ ⠀ Psalm 19:7: 'The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.' The word of God is given to revive souls. The saints’ souls need to be restored and revived. That means despondency comes and the word of God is given to restore it."⠀ ⠀ Read more at desiringGod.org. Link in bio.⠀ ⠀ https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/battling-the-unbelief-of-despondency A post shared by Desiring God (@desiringgod) on Jan 1, 2018 at 10:51pm PST
"The Psalm 73:26 contains this truth: 'My flesh and my heart may fail.' Now literally it’s just 'fail,' not 'may fail.' There’s no 'may' implied in this Hebrew verb. Its just, 'My flesh and my heart are failing, I am discouraged, I am despondent, I am at my wit’s end.' And then comes the spiritual counter attack in the next phrase: 'but God.'⠀ ⠀ So here’s this man. The cork is pulled out at the bottom of his life. His heart and his flesh are just about depleted, and he says — perhaps with his last breath — 'but God is the rock (or strength) of my weak, failing life and my portion forever.'⠀ ⠀ So my point is, wherever this despondency may come from, it’s unbelief that doesn’t say 'but God.' It’s unbelief that puts up no resistance. It’s unbelief that doesn’t take the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit and fight. That much I think we can say with clarity from Scripture. 'My body is shot, my heart is almost dead, and for whatever reason I will not yield. I will trust to God though my strength is gone.'⠀ ⠀ Psalm 19:7: 'The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.' The word of God is given to revive souls. The saints’ souls need to be restored and revived. That means despondency comes and the word of God is given to restore it."⠀ ⠀ Read more at desiringGod.org. Link in bio.⠀ ⠀ https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/battling-the-unbelief-of-despondency
A post shared by Desiring God (@desiringgod) on Jan 1, 2018 at 10:51pm PST
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