JUNE 19

WHY AM I THUS?


“And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.” (Gen. 25:22)

Rebecca had been without children and Isaac had intreated the Lord for Her, and she became with child. The first problem was solved, but this only made way for a new situation, for next we read that the children struggled together within her. If God answered prayer, and now she would bear children, why this next plight? She knew there was but one place to go for the answer, and “she went to enquire of the Lord.” No doubt she was amazed to learn that she was going to give birth to twins, and furthermore they represented two nations, two manner of people, distinct and different in every aspect, so that the struggle between the two had already begun while they were yet in her womb.

How often are men prone to ask, Why is it this way? What is it all about? Why am I thus, caught in such a straightened way, and confined by it all? Then we do well to enquire OF THE LORD, He knows both the immediate situation, and what is being birthed out of our present trials and process.

Paul wrote that “the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other.” (Gal. 5:17). Betimes it surely seems there are two natures warring within us – one that desires the flesh, the other desiring spiritual life, and in the midst of the warfare we ask: Why am I thus? Then the Spirit reveals the cause of our inner disquietness, and we submit to the workings of His cross, so that only HIS LIFE can be birthed and manifested.

The Psalmist cried out, “Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me?” (Ps. 42:5). WHY AM I THUS? And then realized that the only answer was – “hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.” Often we are caught in perplexities we do not understand, but there is a place of refuge, to trust in the Lord, to know that He is our help, and in every strange and unusual circumstance He causes us to daily overcome.

 

                                                                                                        



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