Silo has been in several times starting posts in utter disbelief, and I know exactly where he is at because I have been there many times and only a quick shot of the word to remind us that we are not alone and that God is right there for us, if we only bend towards Him instead of our self pity of "oh woe is me". God has never wallowed with me in that. He'd let me have my tantrum but when I settled down, then He speaks peace to my spirit and I hear that the word of God is truth. Now I can push it away and continue in my unbelief, or I can begin to accept it and begin again. There is nothing wrong in starting over again. It doesn't matter if a car has been in storage for any length of time, it still needs to be tended to in order for it to start properly. So it is with us, we need faith in order for us to start properly and it will always require faith, anything else is sin.
For Silo, he needs a good swift kick of faith to jump start him into the world of believing instead looking at his surroundings. And believe you me, I am speaking to the choir here. We can't afford to go back down to this lower nature and feed on the dregs of lifeless fruit. We need to feed on faith. And I, having been down for the count on many occasions understand the plight of those who have been knocked down by sin or by someone beating up on the saints. There is an element of mercy that we must show, however, it's not the type for us to wallow in it with our fellow brethren, it's the type of mercy that is mixed with faith that draws us up out of that miry clay and so we can stand properly on that Rock to stay. He put a song in my soul today, a song of praise hallelujah.
So lift up the head that is hanging low and and let us go against how we feel and praise God anyway. Even if all we can conjure up is a 'sigh', that too is good. Psalm 103 says:
[10] He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
[11] For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
[12] As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
[13] Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
[14] For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
If we can say anything, we can sing that song of gratitude,
"I'm so happy and here's the reason why, Jesus took my burden all away"
BECAUSE
"He took my sins away, He took my sins away, and keeps me singing everyday, I'm so glad that He took my sins away, He took my sins away."
We must remember Silo that the journey that Jesus took in this life we are following Him in that same journey. There will be times when we are low, He was low. "A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." There were times that He was happy. Can you imagine the surge of excitement when someone with faith shows up and says, "just speak the word LORD and I know it's done". And He had that foreknowledge, but there were times that He marveled too. I find that amazing. He knew it anyway, but still His mind was boggled.
Have you ever watched a child do something that just boggled your mind? It's funny to watch because you see this small creature do something that you'd never expect to happen. Children don't see things that are impossible, they just do. We make it impossible for them if it involves danger, and we'll protect them. While others simply stunt their possibilities altogether to which they give up trying to do anything because they are hindered from advancing.
But we who are of the faith are not hindered, unless it's a besetting sin, and most times it's a besetting sin. In ministry it can be sin, but there are also opposing forces.
Sin does one thing for us that I am glad is evident, it doesn't satisfy. It's only when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired, that is when we stand up against the thing that is not making us satisfied and move toward a source that will continually satisfy, our LORD God.
