Mon Inspiration

Morning Inspiration with Pastor Merritt

In Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, we are told that a young man named Joseph was thrown into prison, but God miraculously delivered him out of that prison and made him the Prime Minister of Egypt. Yet in Matthew, the first book in the New Testament, John the Baptist was thrown into prison and part of him was delivered…his head was delivered on a silver platter. Why is it that God will deliver this person, but not that one? Why does God heal this person, but lets this person die?

Therein lies a great lesson that we must all remember or else this problem really will drive you to jump off a cliff. God’s principles and promises are the same for every believer, but His plans and purposes may be entirely different.

God wants to do the same thing with every one of us. He wants to grow our maturity, strengthen our faith, increase our trust and make us more like Jesus Christ. Some of us will do that in good health and some of us will do that battling illness. Some of us will do that in prosperity and some of us will do that in adversity. Remember this, God is obligated by His own character to get everyone of us to the same destination, but He is not obligated to get us there the same way.