KATHY GABLER—Paul said we glory in tribulations. If we do not learn to glory in trials it is probably because we have not persevered down the whole path of Romans 5:4, from tribulation to perseverance to character to hope. For we learn to glory if we do not stop along the way and we reach godly hope that is steadfast and unshakeable. Admittedly that is not an easy lesson. There seems to be a crucial threshold, a line of demarcation drawn between character and hope. That threshold is where the enemy comes in like a flood. Wars flare up there, in that threshold of darkness just before dawn. Wars rage there, on the threshold of our deepest weariness. Standing on that threshold, one step away from godly hope that will get us to promise, we can be overwhelmed and exhausted and become so hopeless that we run or quit. That’s why the enemy wages war at this threshold, to drive us aside into hopelessness; for the hopeless will not persevere, will not pursue promise . . . no matter how close it is.
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KATHY—In John 16:33, Jesus said, “In Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” (NAU) We put on our Ephesians 6 boots, not to run from trouble but to have peace as we overcome it. Peace is a power force. God defines peace as prosperity, soundness, completeness, contentment, safety and being exempt from the rage and havoc of war. We are not exempt from war, but from the emotional rage and havoc it brings. In other words, His peace keeps war from devastating and confusing us when it comes.
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News services are using their valuable air time and print space reporting on Christians declaring the end of the world. Christians have said time and time again throughout my lifetime (more than six decades) that no generation has seen things 
worse than they are now, and it is now the end of the world and the coming of the Lord. They have looked up into the sky and in every corner of the globe seeking all manner of natural signs to confirm their suspicions (Gal.4:9-11). Yet, I find it interesting that not one time have I heard anyone say that no generation of Christians has ever been more like Jesus than this generation (even after all the years and all the centuries of church attendance and flocking to revival meetings and observing the stars and dispensational charts). Amos has a great suggestion: “SEEK HIM that maketh the seven stars and Orion… THE LORD IS HIS NAME:” (Amos 5:8, KJV; also v.4-“Seek Me, and live!”) Could it be that Amos would rather have us take valuable time and effort we are using to seek signs and actually use it to SEEK THE LORD Himself?
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Another thing that can distract us from mandate is disappointment. Disappointments can distract us from purpose. I think some of our greatest battles start with disappointments, and disappointments come most often because we have erroneous expectations or misbeliefs. For example: if we believe God’s will is for us to live trouble-free, then we set our expectations accordingly. That’s a misbelief and mis-expectation. It will never happen. Jesus said, “In the world you will have tribulation.” The only way out of tribulation is to be out of the world. Misbeliefs, even if they sound like truth, will lead us down a dead-end road into a downward spiral. If we believe that God’s will is to have trouble-free lives, when there is trouble we will come to one of three dead ends: 1) Accusing God of falling short on His side of covenant, leaving us to live in anger and a sense of betrayal; 2) accusing self of doing something wrong and missing God’s will and smothering ourselves with self-examination and self-judgment; or 3) accusing the devil of singling us out so that we live in the torment of self-pity and believe we are a helpless victim. That view of ourselves actually positions us to be a victim and invites more trouble. God’s will is not being trouble-free. He would have never allowed the snake in the garden if that were the case. God’s will is that we step on trouble and overcome it every time it rears its head!
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Another thing that can distract us from mandate is disappointment. Disappointments can distract us from purpose. I think some of our greatest battles start with disappointments, and disappointments come most often because we have erroneous expectations or misbeliefs. For example: if we believe God’s will is for us to live trouble-free, then we set our expectations accordingly. That’s a misbelief and mis-expectation. It will never happen. Jesus said, “In the world you will have tribulation.” The only way out of tribulation is to be out of the world. Misbeliefs, even if they sound like truth, will lead us down a dead-end road into a downward spiral. If we believe that God’s will is to have trouble-free lives, when there is trouble we will come to one of three dead ends: 1) Accusing God of falling short on His side of covenant, leaving us to live in anger and a sense of betrayal; 2) accusing self of doing something wrong and missing God’s will and smothering ourselves with self-examination and self-judgment; or 3) accusing the devil of singling us out so that we live in the torment of self-pity and believe we are a helpless victim. That view of ourselves actually positions us to be a victim and invites more trouble. God’s will is not being trouble-free. He would have never allowed the snake in the garden if that were the case. God’s will is that we step on trouble and overcome it every time it rears its head!
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