We See Jesus

COVER LETTER

Dearly Beloved:

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT DISCOURAGEMENT.

When we’re hurting – when we are lonely, afraid, in pain or overwhelmed by circumstances beyond our control – we can quickly turn aside from our true source of peace and victory. Instead, we may look to human ways and resources. How tragic! We all know God is still on his throne waiting for us to call on him. And we know the answer to all our needs is to be found in God alone and being shut in with him. We even admit to our spiritual friends, “I know I need to pray. I know God has the answer. I know I need to cry it all out in his presence.”

It is discouragement of the worst kind to give in to fear and despair while ignoring the majesty and faithfulness of our loving Father. God said to Israel, “I have talked with you from heaven… In all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee” (Exodus 20:22, 24). But Israel answered, “God hath forgotten to be merciful” (Psalm 10:11). “Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me” (Isaiah 49:14).

Are you a discouraged Christian? You are if you ignore the Lord’s majestic promises and doubt that he means what he says. He promised, “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me” (Isaiah 49:15-16).

You will be downcast if you go on carrying unnecessary burdens of guilt, fear, loneliness, anxiety and turmoil. Have you refused to rest on the Lord’s great and precious promises? God is not mocking his children when he promises, “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28). He is not lying when he promises, “The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry…. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles” (Psalm 34:15, 17).

Let us not become impatient and act according to our feelings. When we get into trouble and cry out to God for mercy and help, all of heaven goes into motion on our behalf. Should the Lord let us see into the spiritual world to behold the good things he is preparing for those who call on him and trust him, it would be an incredible sight for our eyes.

Thank you for remembering our worldwide ministry to the poor, the needy, the widowed and fatherless, and especially to those in the recent catastrophe in Haiti. For information on these efforts and others go to: http://www.worldchallenge.org/missions.

God bless you.

In Christ,
DAVID WILKERSON

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