Prediction and Peace

Feb 17, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christian Prediction ought to be, "what IS God doing TOMORROW?". He is the great "I Am". He is building His church. He is the spirit of prophesy. He has the whole world in His hands. He created Time as a means through which He can interact with His creation.

Christian Peace ought to be: "Who are you, and what would you have me do today?". He has left us His peace. He has instructed us not to worry about tomorrow, today.

When we invert these things, we lose joy. When our prediction is based on our strengths, allies, resources and enemies, we are no longer prophetic people. And we fill our todays with worry, at the cost of peace. We are His children.

In Isaiah 7, King Ahaz is asked to trust God today for a future deliverance. He just needed to believe in the unseen. Instead he checked his troops and defences. In contrast, Elijah believed he was on God's mission - in rebuking Ahab and shutting up the rains. In 1 Kings 17, he sat by the Kerith brook until the day it dried up. He had peace in each day that God would provide water and ravens. He had peace for each day that God would guide him. No word from God meant he must just abide where he was. No striving, no besetting worry, no giving over to works of panic. “Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the LORD came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food.”” (1 Kings 17:7-9)

This surely is the difference between man-church and God's church. Our peace is that He will not leave us, nor leave us in unbearable situations. Our prediction is that He will deliver us, build His church and save the world.

"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit", says the Lord. "Unless the Lord builds the house, the workmen labour in vain."

Bless you, Nick