When I was in the Army I was always reminded that there was "your way, my way, and the Army way." Don't forget: Jesus is the way! It is the same with the Lord: Doing God's will our way is not commendable. Our righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees who insisted on finding their own way of doing things and making it into traditions and binding laws. Someone here at the Vets Home was upset that he was not allowed on the bus, even though there were plenty of seats (the policy is only 20 per trip); what did he do? He reacted and lost his temper, practically cursing everyone. It talked to him later and told him that if he was against the policy (it wasn't the driver's fault!) that he should go to the administrator of the Home and do things the right way: "Refrain from anger, forsake wrath...."
We need to trust in the Lord, unlike King Asa who sought the physicians in his illness and God afflicted him and he never did get healed--the rest of his career spiraled downward. The first place we need to go with our problems is God (and the Bible), then our spiritual leaders--and prayer is not the last resort, but the first avenue of divine intervention.
If it seems that prayer doesn't work, we should not give up and seek the wisdom of the world (I do not seek the advice of the psychologists here because they have an evil worldview because there is a curse on anyone who takes advice or counsel from the wicked per Psalm 1:1. We may seek medical help, which is the gift of God after seeking God; but if we do, we are not to give up on God.
Money is not the answer to our problems and we are not to think we have an advantage over less affluent people because we can merely afford it. Are we seeking our will? We don't want our will, but the Father's, because we will screw things up. We should be glad God doesn't answer all our prayers in the affirmative! We need to continually ask ourselves if this is what Jesus would do (and we are all going to mess up sometimes).
In sum: "But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way" (1 Cor. 14:40, NIV, emphasis mine). Soli Deo Gloria!
We need to trust in the Lord, unlike King Asa who sought the physicians in his illness and God afflicted him and he never did get healed--the rest of his career spiraled downward. The first place we need to go with our problems is God (and the Bible), then our spiritual leaders--and prayer is not the last resort, but the first avenue of divine intervention.
If it seems that prayer doesn't work, we should not give up and seek the wisdom of the world (I do not seek the advice of the psychologists here because they have an evil worldview because there is a curse on anyone who takes advice or counsel from the wicked per Psalm 1:1. We may seek medical help, which is the gift of God after seeking God; but if we do, we are not to give up on God.
Money is not the answer to our problems and we are not to think we have an advantage over less affluent people because we can merely afford it. Are we seeking our will? We don't want our will, but the Father's, because we will screw things up. We should be glad God doesn't answer all our prayers in the affirmative! We need to continually ask ourselves if this is what Jesus would do (and we are all going to mess up sometimes).
In sum: "But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way" (1 Cor. 14:40, NIV, emphasis mine). Soli Deo Gloria!