The Spirit of Python by Jentezen Franklin

Author:Jentezen Franklin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC022000, book
ISBN: 9781621362210
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2013-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

“ADD A VERSE” THROUGH ADVERSITY

I like to tell people that adversity “adds a verse” to your life. In a song the verses change while the chorus stays the same. Whatever you are going through, you can let it subtract from your life or add another verse to it. Just remember, “God adds a verse to me through adversity.” Those verses add to your lifelong song of praise and worship that is priceless to Him.

When you first get saved, you know Him as Savior. When you get sick, you find out a new “verse” as you come to know Him as healer. When you suffer loss, you discover Him as comforter. When you have financial troubles, you know Him as a provider. When your children are in trouble, you find out He is your protector. As you walk through life, you find that God keeps adding another verse to your song of praise. The chorus remains the same: “God’s faithful.” But the longer you live, the more verses you add.

A furnace of affliction will not kill you. It will not destroy you. It will add a new verse to your song of faith. You may see that python coiling around, trying to choke out your breath, trying to silence your voice. Lift up a praise to God and break free.

One place that you will encounter pure praise is on the mission field. When I visited Nigeria, the church there had no dramatic lighting, no sound system, and no air conditioning. The worship leader played a small, kid-sized keyboard that was barely big enough for his fingers. A guy playing half a drum set accompanied him. The two microphones had duct tape on them, and a guy held the plug in the wall throughout the service so it wouldn’t fall out. Yet they were so full of joy, and there was such a tangible spirit of praise in that place.

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