According to the Lord’s sovereign arrange
According to the Lord's sovereign arrange ment, we need both the ups and downs in order to experience Christ. I thank the Lord for all the valleys through which He has taken me. But with the valleys, there have also been hills. The Christian life is not one vast plain; it is a land with many hills and valleys. It is by the hills and valleys that we experience Christ.
IN EVERYTHING AND IN ALL THINGS
In Philippians 4:12 Paul uses the puzzling expression "in everything and in all things." What is the difference between "everything" and "all things"? We experience one thing at a time. We cannot experience all things at once. There fore, according to our experience in time, it is everything. But after a long period of experi ences has gone by, the everything becomes all things.
The words "all things" refer to a broad range of experiences over a period of time. Paul could say that both on a particular occasion and on all occasions, both at a certain time and through out the course of his life, he had learned the secret. Paul experienced Christ moment by mo ment. On the one hand, he experienced Christ in particular things at particular times. On the
other hand, he experienced Christ in all things and at all times. May we all aspire to enjoy Christ to such an extent.
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