About reaching out in trials…
1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle,
encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. (NIV)
When we are besieged and under attack within the trials of our life, the
natural thing is to not do anything or to pull back into a protective mode.
Certainly, the last thing we want to do when we are under attack is reach out to
help someone else. When we are undergoing great trials, the first thing our
instincts tell us to do is to get others to reach out to help us. Yet in our
faith and in our trust of God, we must go against our instincts and reach out to
help others rather than having them reach out to help us. When we are wounded,
according to God's supernatural laws and ways, we are to reach out to heal
others with no thought about our own pain. How can we do this? How can we go
against our instincts? How can we do what is so unnatural? How can we reach out
to help others with no thought of ourselves at a time when all we want to do is
think about our troubles? We can reach out to help others in our trials with no
thought for ourselves only with supernatural help. In the eyes of God and in the
will of God, we are to always go against our human instincts and reach out to
others in our trials. We are to reach out to help others in our trials because
when we reach out to help others in our tragedy and trauma, great and mighty
supernatural things happen for others and for us. We can only do what is truly
unnatural with supernatural help. For when we reach out to help others in our
trials, then blessings will flow. The blessings will flow but not always as we
want or when we want. Sometimes the blessings may not flow at all in our
lifetime. However, the blessings will surely flow when we get to heaven. For it
is in Heaven we are immersed in our Lord's healing stream of love and grace.
