Medical Mystery SoLVeD!

I have answers, finally! After all the blood tests, scans and lastly all the "scopes" that have been performed the specialist has come to sound conclusion. A sound conclusion I may add, that is like a double edged sword. I am "100% healthy but the pain can last for up to and including a full year." What I had was "rare infection." This whole saga has cruel twist of irony. You see, during the month March, I casually joked with my friends "I've been in pain the entire year, it is now March, there is still nine months to go, bring it on!" What was once a joke, is now becoming a reality! Oh I'm feeling very, very, oh so humble . I'll blame that comment on my body's testosterone levels at that moment in time. At the end of the day, every guy deserves to have one excuse to rival the "women's time of the month syndrome!"
Seriously, Thank you God for your loving provision and for my many brother's and sisters who prayed for me over last eight months.

-Lloyd

"The Lack of the Wisdom of God"

Amongst the confusion of my circumstances (my health? upcoming months?) my head was stuck between a rock and a hard place.What next? Firstly, my long last youth pastor who I miss, had great post (Proverbs Part 1 on wisdom, when you have time click here). Secondly, I been reading a good commentary on the book of Joshua by Dale Ralph Davis. On Joshua 9:3-15 , he echoes the need for God's wisdom, entitled "The Lack of the Wisdom of God."

The Israelites had all signs in front of their eyes (v4-5, 12-13), believing the testimony v9-11. The problem was not so much they asked the right questions but they made the decision on their own, Davis points outs v14, "they did not inquire of the Lord." What they should have done was inquire to the Lord through Eleazer the priest according to the law (Numbers 27:31), "He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring of the Urim before the LORD. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in."

Davis adds this warning , "Joshua 9 warns God's people against such cocky independence. In the context of our various trials we need wisdom to know how to function in those trials and circumstance...available from a giving God, and we are to ask for (James 1:5)."

After reading these comments, suddenly upcoming events do not appear to be complicated. Israel learned the hard way, they made the oath alone and had to bear the consequences (Joshua 9:18-21). In the times of doubt I need to seek His wisdom to deal with my health, upcoming studies and other things. I must walk with Him. At the time my judgments appeared to be right but just like Israel somehow, the problem with "common sense" just never occurred to me!

-Lloyd