The Law of Compensation 7-15-07

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I worship You and welcome You into my spirit and my day. ... "It may be that the Lord will look on my distress, and the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today" (2 Samuel 16:12). Shemei cursed David, but David would not return the curse; instead he released it You, seeking Your compensation and consolation instead of his own. My friend Ann was speaking to me of "the law of compensation," which must work something like this. You love to take the brokenness and injustice of our lives and redeem it all for our good and Your glory. As Job learned, suffering is just suffering, unless we entrust it to You. At the end of his sufferings, You compensated him with twice as much as he had before -- but with infinite understanding of the power of Your grace and Your heart to redeem (Job 42:10-17). A hard life is just a hard life, unless we allow Your Spirit into the ages and moments of our lives to draw out the pain and pour in Your love, teaching us through our troubles, and anointing us to touch the lives of others through the experiences of our sufferings. Just as You lead us to overcome evil with good, You love to bring good out of evil, healing out of brokenness, wisdom out of the weariness of enduring the struggles and suffering of life in a broken, fallen world full of broken, fallen people. Even You, in the mystery of the incarnation as You chose to be humbled in humanity, were made "perfect through sufferings" (Hebrews 2:10). As You willingly hung upon the tree of the cross, You became a curse, so that every curse against us would be broken (Galatians 3:13). At the heart of any spiritual law of compensation if the fact that You have paid it all. But like the grain of wheat that falls into the earth and dies, the sacrifice of a life lived for You will "bear much fruit" (John 12:24). Thank You for Your sufferings, that I may receive the infinite compensation of Your extravagant grace. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send a note to me at Messiah Ministries -- MessiahMin@aol.com -- "Ministering the Healing Love of God ... Preparing the Way of the Lord." 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, KY 40502 www.messiah-ministries.org Daily Archives: www.morningbymorning.injesus.com