May 15, 2010

• but not too hard with Me (calling, doubt & assurance)

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this calling seems too hard

  but not too hard with Me
  listen to My Spirit:

  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this womb seems too barren

  
  but not too barren with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!
  

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this army seems too strong

  but not too strong with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this sea seems too wide

  but not too wide with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this mountain seems too far

  
  but not too far with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this wilderness seems too parched

  but not too parched with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  these waters seem too high

  but not too high with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this wall seems too fortified

  but not too fortified with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this road seems too rough

  but not too rough with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this chain seems too secure
  

  
  but not too secure with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this ground seems too fallow

  but not too fallow with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this pit seems too deep
  

  but not too deep with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this dungeon seems too miry
  

  but not too miry with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this dream seems too lofty

  but not too lofty with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this hope seems too distant

  but not too distant with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this city seems too ruined
  

  but not too ruined with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this skeleton seems too dead
  

  but not too dead with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this lethargy seems too thick

  but not too thick with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this heart seems too stony

  but not too stony with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this furnace seems too hot

  but not too hot with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this love seems too lukewarm

  but not too lukewarm with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this vision seems too faint

  but not too faint with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this crop seems too meager

  but not too meager with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this rain seems too scarce
  

  but not too scarce with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this night seems too dark

  but not too dark with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!
  

  
  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this rock seems too heavy

  but not too heavy with Me
  listen to My Spirit:
  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  have You forsaken me?
  can You forsake Your people?
  all that see me laugh me to scorn
  even my own flesh rises up to mock me
  this promise seems too impossible
  

  but not too impossible with Me
  listen to My Spirit:

  I am the God who works wonders;
  I have declared My might among the peoples.
  By faith and patience you will inherit the promises!

  Psalms 77
  1  I cry aloud to God,
  aloud to God, and he will hear me.
  2  In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
  in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
  my soul refuses to be comforted.
  3  When I remember God, I moan;
  when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
  4  You hold my eyelids open;
  I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
  5  I consider the days of old,
  the years long ago.
  6  I said, “Let me remember my song in the night;
  let me meditate in my heart.”
  Then my spirit made a diligent search:
  7  “Will the Lord spurn forever,
  and never again be favorable?
  8  Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
  Are his promises at an end for all time?
  9  Has God forgotten to be gracious?
  Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah
  10  Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
  to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
  11  I will remember the deeds of the LORD;
  yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
  12  I will ponder all your work,
  and meditate on your mighty deeds.
  13  Your way, O God, is holy.
  What god is great like our God?
  14  You are the God who works wonders;
  you have made known your might among the peoples.
  15  You with your arm redeemed your people,
  the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
  16  When the waters saw you, O God,
  when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
  indeed, the deep trembled.
  17  The clouds poured out water;
  the skies gave forth thunder;
  your arrows flashed on every side.
  18  The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
  your lightnings lighted up the world;
  the earth trembled and shook.
  19  Your way was through the sea,
  your path through the great waters;
  yet your footprints were unseen.
  20  You led your people like a flock
  by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
  
  
  Psalms 95
  7 For he is our God,
  and we are the people of his pasture,
  and the sheep of his hand.
  Today, if you hear his voice,
  8  do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
  as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
  9  when your fathers put me to the test
  and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
  10  For forty years I loathed that generation
  and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
  and they have not known my ways.”
  11  Therefore I swore in my wrath,
  “They shall not enter my rest.”

  Good Shepherd,
  Though Your footprints are oft unseen,
  You still lead me,
  You still lead Your people
  like a flock!
  How can You not?
  For we are the people of Your pasture, the sheep of Your hand.
  Forgive me for hardening my heart.
  I believe; help my unbelief!
  
  
  Jeremiah 32:26-27: The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?"
  
  Luke 18:27:  But he [Jesus] said, What is impossible with men is possible with God.
  
  Hebrews 6:10-12: For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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  Related Scriptures:

  • Psalms 22, 78 and 95
  • Jeremiah 30-33

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  • Why, Lord? (Letter 52 on assurance & fighting for joy)
  • every time (the prophet's affirmation in depression, doubt & distress)
  • singing psalms, hymns & spiritual songs
  • the Lord God must be my strength and my portion
  • the laborer's lamentation and affirmation
  • Lord, I'm tired of marching
  • "I Have Need of Patient Endurance Today"
  • Blessed are the poor in spirit

  Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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