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GOD’S RESOURCE IN CRITICAL

CONDITIONS

A. J. E. Welch

I am impressed, beloved brethren, that God in His word, and

the application of it, can meet any condition which may arise in

.the course of our lives. He can meet conditions that appear in

persons; he can meet conditions that appear in local

assemblies. I think it is comforting to see how He does this by

bringing His word to bear. So we have in this connection the

prophetic side, as we may view it, of divine truth. We do not

have to search far in the Scriptures to find examples of God

meeting sorrowful and challenging conditions by the

application of His word. We should take comfort from this,

because the Holy Spirit has a basis in the word of God to

strengthen all that is for God’s pleasure, and to meet, and to

negate, what is not for His pleasure. We have very interesting

instances in these scriptures where God acted decisively with

regard to a particular condition.

In the first one, death itself had intervened. We are told that

the son of this woman, who in the earlier section of the chapter

read is presented as maintaining Elijah, fell sick, “and his

sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him”.

That word “severe” is to be noted. Whether in individuals or in

local companies there are occasions when matters beset us

which are severe, severe. They may be daunting, bringing

discouragement, but we can see how God asserts Himself by

way of His prophetic word. The prophetic word is not negative;

it is not disruptive; it is not damaging. It creates exercise, but it

can be applied, and under

God’s hand, with the help of the Spirit, it is applied to bring

relief to what may be oppressive to the divine interests.

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