What it means the word exile to our lives? As we are going our days and schedules, there are some problems occur to our lives that are unusual for us to handle the situations right. Do you feel as if you are exile?
As we read in II Chronicles 36, the people of were turning against God and realized that they need God to repent their sins and rebuild the Temple of the Lord, so He can live with them.
In my own experience as I'm physical disabled and am in the training program, it's hard for me to stay in touch with God all days long as I'm going into some temptations and challenges. In his book, Run with the Horses, Eugene Peterson wrote, 'Exile pushed them [Israel] from the margins of life to the vortex where all the issues of life and death, love and meaning, purpose and value formed the dynamic everyday, participation-demanding realities of God's future with them... Exile is the worst that reveals the best.
'All of us given moments, days, months, years of exile. What will we do with them?' Eugene asked. In James 1:12 mentioned that temptation that we are facing is our exercises to prove that our faiths are connected with God. God doesn't put into the temptation or exile, but we did as the people of put themselves into the jeopardy of their lives.
Application in 'The Inspirational Bible' says, 'Do you feel as if you are in exile? Let disaster develop your character. Do not spend all your time seeking relief but reflect on what God wants to teach you. Ask him to show you what is really important.’
Read II Chronicles 36 and discover why we are in exile for God's kingdom.
If you would like to know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, please consider to ask Him to forgive your sin and come into your life today. Paul said in Romans 10:9, “That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. “
In the meantime, may God bless you.
