Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. 1 Peter 5:6
Adversity is something that I wish I could live without. Sometimes I think that if I could just be a better person and obey God completely, then He would remove all of the hardships and difficulty that seem to surround me.
I’ve learned that God allows and uses adversity in my life to grow me spiritually. The Bible teaches in Psalm 34:19 that Believers should expect adversity, but that we can also rest in God's promise to deliver us from it completely.
I need to have faith and trust in God’s word that He is allowing adversity in my life to bring me closer to Him. My response when I start looking at my adversity from God’s perspective is to humble myself under His hand, and trust fully His promise to deliver and exalt me in due time. The great news is that I know and trust through personal experience that God always keeps His word.
Did this picture catch your eye? Maybe it wasn’t an accident
In Isaiah 55:11, God says that wherever He sends His word it never returns empty, but always achieves the special purpose for which it was sent. Perhaps God sent this word to you today?
This art has been rendered with a special Painting with Light technique that “paints” the picture using the Bible verse text as the paintbrush. The picture you see is actually the Bible verse above painted millions of times repeatedly across the canvas.
Curious about the technique of Painting with Light? Here's a link to a couple of snapshots to show you how the pictures are rendered over time- Painting with Light
Mark Lawrence, 1 Peter 5:6 VerseVisions®, 2007. Digital mixed media on canvas, 36 x 36 inches. Copyright © 2007 by Mark Lawrence. All Rights Reserved.
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