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The days we feel empty, and all around everything seems meaningless, and it’s difficult to find something to care about, realize this is just the “old man.” You can’t get use to this reoccurrence, and all that can be done is to just wait it out until it passes; yes it will pass regardless of how long it takes.
But know this; this trial is also “for good to those who love Him” (Ro 8:28), as all things are. The fact that the old man (sin nature) is allowed to indwell saints and act upon its own to distract is a testament to the power of God to sanctify (separate) the believer from the sin and its source—the old man (we “are not in the flesh” or sin nature – Ro 8:9)!
Every time a believer endures with patience (Rom 12:12; 2Th 3:5) there is something being taught and learned. It is that we can always entrust all to God (1Pe 5:7) until our “care” comes back; then keep trusting God. Thankfully, most of the time we are not tested is this way, but you can be assured, it will always return for testing.
At this time the devil likes getting in his licks, to make us feel guilty; but there is nothing to feel guilty about, for there’s nothing we intentionally chose to do wrong, and we realize it’s just a distraction!
The test is difficult but the resolution is simple—we just know that it’s God’s way of causing us to continue to trust the Lord Jesus’ for the expiation of our sins and its source (old man). You see, as we feel the emptiness of this type of trial, is causes us to exercise our faith in the atonement of Christ!
But know this; this trial is also “for good to those who love Him” (Ro 8:28), as all things are. The fact that the old man (sin nature) is allowed to indwell saints and act upon its own to distract is a testament to the power of God to sanctify (separate) the believer from the sin and its source—the old man (we “are not in the flesh” or sin nature – Ro 8:9)!
Every time a believer endures with patience (Rom 12:12; 2Th 3:5) there is something being taught and learned. It is that we can always entrust all to God (1Pe 5:7) until our “care” comes back; then keep trusting God. Thankfully, most of the time we are not tested is this way, but you can be assured, it will always return for testing.
At this time the devil likes getting in his licks, to make us feel guilty; but there is nothing to feel guilty about, for there’s nothing we intentionally chose to do wrong, and we realize it’s just a distraction!
The test is difficult but the resolution is simple—we just know that it’s God’s way of causing us to continue to trust the Lord Jesus’ for the expiation of our sins and its source (old man). You see, as we feel the emptiness of this type of trial, is causes us to exercise our faith in the atonement of Christ!
