Puzzled
“And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What say thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizes thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet” (John 1:21-25)?
Sometimes in life we come upon moments or experiences where life seems puzzling. Things could be going well and then suddenly without warning, things change or do not seem to fit——Puzzling. This is when we should listen for and trust FATHER’s voice more.
~the Messenger
Puzzled?
We know to be puzzled is to be in a perplexing state of mind, but we also know that this mind is ungodly because it is perhaps full of confusion—
Generally, confusion points to double-mindedness, which biblical points to instability. In the times when this type of instability pushes its way through, it is a call to refocus. We may need to move ourselves both physically and mentally in order to reach the desired spiritual inclination——meditation.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Sometimes in life, incomplete puzzles show a lack of order and where there is discordance, all things spiritual are unaligned. Take a rock-bed (bedrock) for instance. While viewing it outwardly, we may not see its fundamental purpose, as it seems too small or minuscule to the outer layers or edifices it sits upon. Yet, it serves as the provisional foundation for every layer which rests atop.
Christ, is considerably that solid rock, in which we need to steady the edifices of life (trials by faith) on which we experience from day-to-day and over prolonged periods of time. If we somehow, lose this grounding, we are offset on the course and perhaps need to renovate, reform or rebuild that relationship.
Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Luke 6:47-49 Whosoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and dug deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that hears, and does not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
A solidified relationship with Christ, affords us mediation in the heavenly courts. It grants us favor via inherited blessings and redeems us from undue or sometimes unnecessary burdens. ——Lamentations 2:14; Exodus 6:6-7; Luke 11:46 and Matthew 23:4.
As we learn to listen to our inner man (CHRIST), we hear GOD by faith and receive guidance into truths as how to approach or configure the pieces in our life’s puzzles. ——Romans 10:17; 2 Corinthians 3:3 & 5:19-20; Galatians 5:1; 2 Timothy 1:9; Ephesians 1:3; 2:5-7 & 5:2.
2 Corinthians 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Sometimes it takes quiet, calm and stillness to receive directions as to how to carefully and properly positions all the pieces to the puzzled life.
~the Messenger
“From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I” (Psalm 61:2).
♥ Shalom & Blessings!
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