Our 🏡W@H/💰PM Fellowship lesson for today:
"How many of us think that it had to be something we did wrong that caused our current distress? Whether the distress is related to our health, a relationship, or in regard to our finances, we believe that it had to be our “fault” that this dreadful thing happened.
By blaming ourselves for the mess, however, we have proven a true and humble heart, since the characteristic of the adulteress is that she believes she is never at fault. Proverbs 30:20 tell us, “This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done no wrong.’”
However, once you have taken a thorough look at yourself, repented of anything, then it’s time to move on to a principle that very few Christians understand. Sadly, even many pastors ignore the principle when preaching. It’s understanding that a crisis is often more about God obtaining a greater glory and also for Him to be able to ultimately bless you."
To read the lesson in preparation for the fellowship, please go to Chapter 4 “Where Did I Go Wrong?”
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I love this Adina, a crisis is often more about God obtaining a greater glory and also for Him to be able to ultimately bless you. Because yes in a crisis we tend to forget the Lord allowed it for a bigger purpose.
Yes Janine, Once we embrace this principle and understand it, it is so much easier to go through a crisis holding on to our Heavenly Husband, knowing it is for His glory.
I recently read this lesson because I am sharing a podcast in Spanish while traveling with my Husband to be freed from a poverty mentality. I am SO amazed at the way He is using each lesson to lead me into practice through testing. But the lesson also helped me to renew my mind today as I meditated more deeply on this chapter. Many times I have attributed the difficult things of my trip to the enemy assuming that he wants to hinder my path and I have erred in it because I am in the hands of my Beloved and only He can allow or not allow the enemy to touch my life. So I am glad that He remembered this to me.
Thank you Anastasia, I also used to think things happened because the enemy wants to derail us, or that I did something to cause this crisis, but after reading and rereading this lesson, I understand that our HH allows things to happen in our lives for a greater purpose and ultimately, His glory. For me going through trails, also built my relationship with my HH because you have to grab on to Him to take you through the valleys, leaning on Him and not our own understanding.
How many of us think that it had to be something we did wrong that caused our current distress?
I often used to think I must have not obeyed correctly. I have learned to shake it off and I keep on keeping on (repenting if I did make a mistake and moving along with my Beloved).
Years ago I also thought “what did I do wrong” regarding my miscarriages. I also refused any genetic testing but they sent me for bloodwork (I thought just for regular lab-work etc) come to find out they sent me for genetic tests. When they called with results I was surprised and they said “the test is positive for Trisomy 21” (Down Syndrome). Positive? So that means he will definitely have T21? “No” they said “it means He has a 1-79 chance that He will” I cried and was fearful and filled with all kinds of emotions. I let the enemy steal my joy. My last miscarriage (3 in total) was tested after D&C and was said to been a baby girl with Downs, plus I was considered a geriatric pregnancy. The enemy did have me panicking and thinking “What did I do wrong? I couldn’t understand why they did the test but after a few days I gave my fears to the Lord and left them there. He was delivered without Trisomy 21.
We’re going to go through trials but He is refining us!
Oh Wow Hope, thank you so much for sharing this. I immediatly thought of the lesson https://loveatlast.org/fc/poverty-mentality/chapter-12-who-said/ when I read your testimony.
I can relate to what you shared about asking “what did I do wrong to deserve this?” But it’s lessons like this that help us to embrace the fact that we will go through trails. I also often remind myself of Job and what he had to endure although he was a righteous man, but the Lord gave the enemy permission to test him and in the end he received double.
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,” J12