A Philosophy of Life: All Is Well

Joel @ Lakewood
When you have an all IS well attitude It takes the pressure Off and it gives You peace to know Cod has things under control
Daniel 3

16-18 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “Your threat means nothing to us. If you throw us in the fire, the God we serve can rescue us from your roaring furnace and anything else you might cook up, O king. But even if he doesn’t, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference, O king. We still wouldn’t serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.”
All is well whether it goes my way or not.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

Matthew 13
The weeds always pop up right before the harvest but when it comes to those weeds l didn't sew them so I dost have to reap them!
Hebrews 4:3 KJV

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
The battle is The Lord's and I need to rest
You cant have a harvest without some weeds
2 Kings 4:26 KJV

A Shunammite woman watched her son die in her arms. She decided to go see the prophet Elisha who promised her that son. She races up to Mount Carmel where Elisha. Seeing her in the distance, Elisha's servant met her on the rode and here is what she had to say:

Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
You have to believe that all is well even when It does not look well

We call Abraham "father" not because he got God's attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody. Isn't that what we've always read in Scripture, God saying to Abraham, "I set you up as father of many peoples"? Abraham was first named "father" and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, "You're going to have a big family, Abraham!"

Do not use your words to describe the situation me your words to change the situation.

You are setting yourself up for disappointment IF all things have to go your way

Paul and Silas had been beaten and thrown into jail unfairly. The two of them decided to pray and sing praises. In response there was a great earthquake which caused every door to open and to loose all the prisoners.

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

What can I give back to God for the blessings he's poured out on me? I'll lift high the cup of salvation—a toast to God ! I'll pray in the name of God ; I'll complete what I promised God I'd do, and I'll do it together with his people. When they arrive at the gates of death, God welcomes those who love him. Oh, God , here I am, your servant, your faithful servant: set me free for your service! I'm ready to offer the thanksgiving sacrifice and pray in the name of God . I'll complete what I promised God I'd do, and I'll do it in company with his people, In the place of worship, in God 's house, in Jerusalem, God 's city. Hallelujah!

Sunday, January 26, 2014