March 11, 2012

Hurt: March 5, 2012

TODAYS WORD FOR MONDAY MARCH 5, 2012

HURT

DEFINITION:

Cause bodily pain; do harm or mischief; injure; insult; affect emotionally.

SCRIPTURE:

“Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” Daniel 3:25.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

We all have hurts in our lives. Some hurts are physical caused by sickness or injury. Other hurts are emotional caused by how we are treated by others. How we respond to these hurts can affect our daily life. Fortunately most physical hurts heal with time. Emotional hurts are difficult to heal and can affect us for a lifetime. As believers it is important how we respond to hurts when they come our way because the way we respond can affect our spiritual life. Hurts and the threat of hurts can cause us to doubt and lose our faith when we most need it.

The scriptures give us numerous examples of those who went through times of great hurt yet remained faithful to God. In the verse above we are reminded about Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego and how they responded when they faced physical harm. They believed in God and stayed true to their faith refusing to obey the command of King Nebuchadnezzar to bow down to the King’s statue in worship.

They faced a most painful death, but God protected them and as the verse above reads, they were not hurt. Three people were thrown into the fire but when the King looked he saw four men. God sent someone from heaven to protect them. It is possible that it was Jesus Christ. One thing the King was certain of was that the fourth person was a heavenly being. God intervened because they stood true to their faith so they were not hurt.

Later in Daniel 6:16 we read about Daniel being thrown into the lion’s den. King Darius made it a law that no one could pray to any god but him. The punishment for breaking the law was to be cast into a den of lions for thirty days. Daniel continued to pray to his God, the true and living God, just as he always had done in spite of facing a painful death of being eaten by lions.

When the King ordered Daniel taken out of the lion’s den no injury or hurt was found on him. God protected him. Daniel told the King, “My God sent His angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me.” Daniel 6:22

In Acts 18:9-10, we read about the Apostle Paul who was in Corinth preaching to the Jews telling them that Jesus was the Christ. The Jews opposed Paul and became so abusive that Paul decided to quit preaching to them. The scripture tells us that the Lord spoke to Paul in the night and told him to preach without fear and no one would hurt him. Paul realized that he must remain faithful to what God had called him to do in spite of the threat of hurt, so he continued preaching.

These are great examples for us, teaching us to rely on God’s protection. We urge you that when a hurt comes your way, lay that hurt in the hands of Jesus and never waver in your faith but continue to serve and honor Him.

We can be hurt by words or deeds. We can be hurt with sickness or disease. We can be hurt with disaster or crises. But no matter what comes our way our Lord is always there for us.

Many people that we know today are hurting. Some are hurting physically, others emotionally and many spiritually. We continue to see such a difference between one that knows the Lord as to how they deal with a hurt opposed to one who does not know the Lord.

If you have accepted Jesus as your Savior you are a child of God and have the assurance that He is with you through every difficulty you may face. Put your complete trust in the Lord and do not get defeated by the hurt that may come into your life.

LEARNING:

Our memory verses for the next few weeks will be the Ten Commandments. We feel that every person should know by heart these commandments. This week is the first commandment found in Exodus 20:3.

“You shall have no other gods before Me.”

PRAYER:

Thank You that when hurts come my way that I can turn them over to You and that I can have the confidence that You will take care of those hurts. Help me to be one that shares with others that are hurting the good news of Your love and Your willingness to take their hurts if they put their trust in You.

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