An email to a friend in Uganda
Brother David,
I have had to sound a big amen when I read your mail, especially when I read that the Lord will cover me! its too good a news to think may be its not true, yet its true.Have a good time mine brother.
Daniel
David Burdick wrote:
Dear Daniel,
Weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning. In fact, as I understand the Bible, joy never comes without the weeping. That may sound like a paradox to the non-Christian, but to us it fits perfectly into God’s plan to choose us, justify us, and then prepare us for His service. Its the same scenario repeated so many times in the word of God.
“For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.” “To whom He said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.” “For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, He shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that He may do His work, His strange work; and bring to pass His act, His strange act.” “Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy Lord’s house.” “Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.” “One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. Then shall He give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.” (Is. 30:15;28:12;28:21;22:17-19;28:17-19 ;30:17-26).
Brother Daniel, the reward the Lord plans for us, even in this life, is worth all the grief He puts us through. He has a wonderful way of getting us back by His side. His mercy and justice, perfectly woven together in all His work for us, is the power of God unto salvation. I had to pass through a long period of trouble too. It wasn’t easy, but after coming out the other end I realized it was well worth it all, and I was very appreciative for it. The Lord doesn’t scold us for our ignorance; but He doesn’t hold back the necessary discipline, either. Whatever it takes to get us back into His fold, He will do. And I’m glad for that. His threatenings are enablings, because He does nothing without our best interest in mind. (“For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.”) Even His threats are promises.
And I understand your English perfectly. Take care, brother.
David
I have had to sound a big amen when I read your mail, especially when I read that the Lord will cover me! its too good a news to think may be its not true, yet its true.Have a good time mine brother.
Daniel
David Burdick
Dear Daniel,
Weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning. In fact, as I understand the Bible, joy never comes without the weeping. That may sound like a paradox to the non-Christian, but to us it fits perfectly into God’s plan to choose us, justify us, and then prepare us for His service. Its the same scenario repeated so many times in the word of God.
“For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.” “To whom He said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.” “For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, He shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that He may do His work, His strange work; and bring to pass His act, His strange act.” “Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy Lord’s house.” “Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.” “One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. Then shall He give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.” (Is. 30:15;28:12;28:21;22:17-19;28:17-19 ;30:17-26).
Brother Daniel, the reward the Lord plans for us, even in this life, is worth all the grief He puts us through. He has a wonderful way of getting us back by His side. His mercy and justice, perfectly woven together in all His work for us, is the power of God unto salvation. I had to pass through a long period of trouble too. It wasn’t easy, but after coming out the other end I realized it was well worth it all, and I was very appreciative for it. The Lord doesn’t scold us for our ignorance; but He doesn’t hold back the necessary discipline, either. Whatever it takes to get us back into His fold, He will do. And I’m glad for that. His threatenings are enablings, because He does nothing without our best interest in mind. (“For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.”) Even His threats are promises.
And I understand your English perfectly. Take care, brother.
David
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