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n the midst of a heartbreaking "the rest of the story." My part in how very clearly He is God. Priest, who lives to make inter-
trial, God clearly gave me this situation was simply "to be" cession for you - you as an
IPsalm 46:10 - "Be still and rather than "to do.” Whatever happens, I do know that individual.
know that I am God." I am to continue to rest, to relax
O my friend, God has taught me and to remember that He is God. I He loves you with an everlasting
As I meditated on this verse, I saw so much. I stand in awe as I have am to walk by faith and remember love. He will never leave you nor
that "be still" could be translated seen God do the most incredible that I am not God, that I cannot fix forsake you, even when you fail to
"cease striving" or "let go, relax." things - things I had longed for but situations. My responsibility is be and to do what is less than
couldn't dream of - and I know that simply to trust and obey and to be perfect. He is absolutely commit-
I had been doing everything I He, and He alone, has done them. what He wants me to be. I am to ted to you and in His time and in
knew to do, everything I could do, embrace truth and to live by it. I His way, He is going to perfect, to
in order to fix this painful situation He has done them apart from my can't live by my emotions, by complete everything which
- and then came the Word of God: planning, my orchestrating, my dwelling on my past, by focusing concerns you.
"Be still, Kay... cease striving... manipulating. My part was simply on my inadequacies, my weak-
know that I am God." to allow the unconditional love of nesses, my failures, or my So... be still... and know... that He
God to flow through me. impotence, and I can't trust in is God.
God's Word was clear. I couldn't anything of my own flesh or
fix the situation, and I needed to As I walked in obedience to Psalm strength. I am not to fear whatever Jesus is coming... to reign on
stop trying. I had wept. I had 46:10, I began to see God move. It the future holds, for the future is earth as King of kings, Lord of
prayed. I had tried to make things was so unexpected and it came in God's. lords, and that's the rest of the
right. I had searched my heart, a way only our Sovereign Father story which the book of Reve-
rehearsed all my failings, and could have designed. When it I am to live by every Word which lation so vividly paints.
experienced the grief of them all. happened, all I could do was proceeds out of the mouth of God
Yet nothing had worked. The weep. It was the most precious of whether or not my reasoning or Ask Him now to reign in your
situation hadn't changed; the gifts, and I knew it had come emotions agree. Truth, the truth of life as King of kings, Lord of
incredible pain had not gone straight from my Father's Throne God's Word, is to be the plumb lords, as God, and rest,
away. of Mercy. line by which I evaluate every knowing that He will complete
situation, every decision, every the rest of your story. And as
Now it was clear. If I were to walk I had ceased striving. I had let go response, every feeling. Psalm 23 says, when you look
in faith, if I were to live by faith, I and relaxed. And He had shown back, you will see that
had to cease striving. I was to shut Himself to be God! The sweetness Our Saviour is God, and He sits as goodness and mercy have
my mouth and quit trying to teach, of that one incident of Divine the Son of Man at the Right Hand followed you all the days of
to instruct, to straighten out, and I intervention was a precious salve of God - above every power of the your life (Psalms 23:6).
was to trust God. He sits as for my pain - the pain which had evil one, above every name in
Sovereign on His throne; He become a welcomed friend, for heaven and on earth. He is God, Kay Arthur, Co-CEO, Precept
hasn't moved. And I hadn't seen without it I would not have seen your Saviour and your High Ministries International

aalde, knope, muntstukke, infeksie veroorsaak wat later ons mekaar soos God julle ook in Gebed:
'n televisie-kontrole, 'n hele lewe gaan affekteer. Christus vergewe het.” Vader God, baie dankie dat U in
Nsoutpot en beendere van beheer is van my lewe. Wys my
diere. Dít is enkele van die God is heilig en Hy begeer dat ons God is ons Chirurg. Omdat Hy ons asseblief wat ek in my lewe moet
vreemde voorwerpe wat oor die met 'n rein hart voor Hom sal liefhet, kan Hy sy skalpel nader- verander en help en versterk my
afgelope 80 jaar tydens operasies staan. In Psalm 24:3 - 4 lees ons: trek en daardie dinge uit ons harte om dit te doen. Ek vra dit in die
in 'n Kroatiese hospitaal uit “Wie mag die berg van die Here sny wat ons geestelik doodmaak. Naam van Jesus Christus. Amen.
pasiënte se liggame verwyder is. opgaan en wie mag in Sy Kom ons vra Hom dus om dit te
heiligdom gaan staan? Dié een doen voordat dit te laat is! - Benescke Janse van Rensburg
Hoewel die artikels aanvanklik wie se hande rein en wie se hart
gehou is om aan jong voor- suiwer is...” Ook in Matteus 5:8 sê
nemende mediese studente te Jesus: “Geseënd is dié wat rein
demonstreer wat op hulle mag van hart is, want hulle sal God
wag, het die hospitaal onlangs sien.”
besluit om die versameling te
raam en in die hospitaal te In Efesiërs 4 vind ons 'n paar
vertoon tot vermaak van besoe- wenke hoe ons hierdie “vreemde
kers. voorwerpe” uit ons lewe kan hou:
“Julle gees en gedagtes moet
Een van die redes waarom nuut word; lewe as nuwe mense
dokters vreemde voorwerpe so wat na die beeld van God geskep
spoedig moontlik uit pasiënte se is: lewe volkome volgens die wil
gestel moet verwyder, is omdat dit van God en wees heilig... As julle
infeksie kan veroorsaak wat later kwaad word, moenie sondig nie...
die pasiënt se hele liggaam kan Vuil taal moet daar nooit uit julle
affekteer. mond kom nie; praat net wat goed
en opbouend is volgens die eis
Ongelukkig laat ons ook soms toe van omstandighede, sodat dit
dat “vreemde voorwerpe” in die julle hoorders ten goede kan
vorm van selfsug, jaloesie, trots, kom... Moet nooit verbitter of
'n kort humeur, bitterheid en opvlieënd wees of woedend word
onvergewensgesindheid in ons nie; moenie vloek of skel nie;
harte posvat en groei. As ons nie moet niks doen wat sleg is nie.
toelaat dat God dit verwyder nie, Wees goedgesind en hartlik
gaan ons ook beleef hoedat dit teenoor mekaar, en vergewe