You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry. The words of the Lord are pure, like silver tried in a furnace of the earth, Purified seven times. I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night, my heart instructs me. I have always set the Lord before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. [Psalms 10:17; Psalms 12:6; Psalms 16:7&8]
Holy Spirit I seek wisdom today. I have been challenged on how much God controls or is involved in our lives and to what extent we see when bad things happen either His lack of involvement or His involvement. I understand that the price of free will and the sin of Adam put in motion death, destruction, evil, and injustice here on the earth. I know that my life here is not the end of all things. But how do I help someone so broken, hurt, and defiant that only blames You on one hand and the other has conceded their life to hell and lives with anger and pain all the time? They do not believe that all people have suffered at some time in life, I do. They pointed out how God intentionally let Job lose everything and suffer just to prove a point to Satan and in the end he gave him new children but the loss of the previous children never changed. To them getting new children did not make up for the ones who were lost.
Today I pray for Your Spirit to work in the lives of those who are so broken, bitter, and angry from what they have suffered. I pray that in some way they can be restored so that they do not face hell for this since they have already suffered. I pray that they accept salvation and You again into their lives and find a way to heal. You are a healing God and only You can change a person’s heart. I leave this person and many like them in Your hands for I do not have the wisdom, courage, or thought process to speak to their pain. I have suffered loss, I have suffered heartache, I have faced death more than a few times, yet I lay my hope in You and seek to see heaven and my loved ones. I must have a simpler faith than most but that is the core of who I am. And if the world sees me as a fool, so be it, I will not give up on my faith or my hope. I know in this life I will not be perfect and that I will not always be the example I should be as a Christ follower. Help me not to be a stumbling block as I try to live as righteously as I can. Help me to only offend because I believe, not because of how I believe.
Holy Spirit help me to take to heart Christ’s message when He spoke these words: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be very glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you. But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Let it be so, Amen. [Matthew 5:3-12; Matthew 6:33]