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God Takes Away Our Pain
Contributed by Gbemisola Fafowora on Nov 22, 2020 (message contributor)
Summary: God is good and does not want any of us to be in pain.
Looking at what is going on all over the world at the present moment, all we see is a chaotic world. And even though we are seeing things that we have not seen before happen and there is panic everywhere, we still have a God that is aware of all things, for He is a God that does not slumber nor sleeps - Psalm 121: 2 - 4.
In this realm that we are in and with everything that is going on, not only in our nations but in our individual lives as well, God said to us in:
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.
The darkness can never overtake the light that is shinning through Jesus Christ who is the Light of the world. And as we continue in Him, the light in us will always overcome every dark situation in our nations and in our lives. God is good and we are blessed as we take our refuge in Him.
The goodness of God will always surpass every bitter situations in our lives, He makes every bitter experience to become a sweet experience and He is also able to see us through every experience that we are going through and will go through in life.
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?
But Jesus looked at them and said, With people [as far as it depends on them] it is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.
God through His Son has made all things beautiful. And as we focus on Him, He will turn the bad situations into a good one or better one that will not overcome His light that is in us.
God loves us and He as us in the palm of His hands:
Indeed, I have inscribed [a picture of] you on the palms of My hands;
Your city walls [Zion] are continually before Me.
See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.
Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.
for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.
Yet Jerusalem says, The Lord has deserted us;
the Lord has forgotten us.
Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible,
I would not forget you!
God is very conscious of everything that is happening in our lives and in our world and like He said to us in:
Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.
Jesus knew the reason why He came and the day before His crucifixion, He went to the garden of Gethsemane to pray for He was in pain, Therefore, for Him to be strengthened He had to be in a place of prayer and in the garden, He prayed this prayer in the book of;
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, Sit here while I go and pray over there. And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.
He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.
Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done. And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.
