VESSELS OF GOD’S GLORY - Have you ever felt that God has forsaken you and left you to figure things out for yourself? God has not forgotten you - He knows exactly where you are, what you are going through right now, and He is monitoring every step along your path. God wants to meet your every need but, most of all, He wants renewed fellowship with you - do not get so busy working on God that you forget He is trying to work on you, making you into a vessel of glory - Too often in times of crisis, Christians forget that God has them in the palm of his hand. Like the children of Israel, they are afraid they are going to be destroyed by the enemy. God must find it difficult to understand why his children do not trust him when they are down and in need. “Don’t they know I have inscribed them on the palms of My hands? I could no more forget them in their hour of need than a mother could forget her nursing child.” Again and again, God came to Israel pleading for their confidence and trust in times of crises. “For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: ‘In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.’ But you would not.” Instead of submitting to the Lord in quiet confidence and rest in his promises, you may have tried to find your own solutions and things have blown up in your face. God wants to meet your every need but, most of all, he wants renewed fellowship with you.

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Vessels Of God’s Glory

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Have you ever felt that God has forsaken you and left you to figure things out for yourself? God has not forgotten you - He knows exactly where you are, what you are going through right now, and He is monitoring every step along your path. Be assured that God wants to meet your every need but, most of all, He wants renewed fellowship with you - do not get so busy working on God that you forget He is trying to work on you, making you into a vessel of glory

David Wilkerson 

God has not forgotten you!

He knows exactly where you are, what you are going through right now, and he is monitoring every step along your path.

Too often in times of crisis, Christians forget that God has them in the palm of his hand.

Instead, like the children of Israel, they are afraid they are going to be destroyed by the enemy.

God must find it difficult to understand why his children do not trust him when they are down and in need.

“Don’t they know I have inscribed them on the palms of My hands? I could no more forget them in their hour of need than a mother could forget her nursing child” (see Isaiah 49:15-16).

Again and again, God came to Israel pleading for their confidence and trust in times of crises.

“For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: ‘In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.’ But you would not” (Isaiah 30:15).

It seems even the New Testament echoes God’s displeasure with unbelief: “Ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (James 1:6-8).

Have you ever felt that God has forsaken you and left you to figure things out for yourself?

Instead of submitting to the Lord in quiet confidence and rest in his promises, you may have tried to find your own solutions and things have blown up in your face.

Be assured that God wants to meet your every need but, most of all, he wants renewed fellowship with you.

Get back to the secret closet of prayer and simple, childlike faith.

Do not get so busy working on God that you forget he is trying to work on you, making you into a vessel of glory.

David Wilkerson was called to New York City in 1958 to minister to gang members and drug addicts, as told in the best-selling book The Cross and the Switchblade. He went on to create Teen Challenge and World Challenge, Inc. to minister to people’s spiritual and physical needs.

In 1987, he established Times Square Church. As its founding pastor, he faithfully led this congregation, delivering powerful biblical messages that encourage righteous living and complete reliance on God.

David Wilkerson also had a strong burden to encourage his fellow pastors. He founded the Summit International School of Ministry; and from 1999 to 2008, he held international conferences to strengthen church leaders.

His passion to support believers and build up leaders is still at the heart of World Challenge’s ministries to this day.

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