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Storm
Chaser
Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser
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Preface
This book is for anyone that
has gone through a storm
and maybe going thru one
now. Learn the types of
storm and how they relate to
you. Trust Gods word and
learn his way out of each and
every storm.
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Tables of Content
God’s purpose for storms
Even great men go through 17
Real men don’t run from Storms 45
Buffed but Blessed 55
Speak to your peace 75
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GOD’S PURPOSE FOR THE
STORM
"For we would not, brethren,
have you ignorant of our
trouble which came to us in
Asia, that we were pressed out
of measure, above strength,
insomuch that we despaired
even of life."--II Cor. 1:8.
"We are troubled on every
side, yet not distressed; we are
perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken;
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cast down, but not destroyed;
Always bearing about in the
body the dying of the Lord Je-
sus, that the life also of Jesus
might be made manifest in our
body."--II Cor. 4:8-10.
The surge of trouble is nothing
new to God’s people. The Bi-
ble is filled with stories of
those in trouble. The Hebrew
children had their fiery fur-
nace. Daniel had his den of
lions. Joseph was cast into
prison.
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Paul was shipwrecked and
beaten with stripes. Peter was
sent to prison. John was exiled
at Patmos. James had his head
cut off. David fled from Saul.
Samson had his eyes put out.
Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the
righteous: but the Lord delive-
reth him out of them all.
Clyde Gordon, who was com-
pletely paralyzed from his
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neck down, edited a magazine
called The Triumph. In it he
said:
"Christ is no security against
storms,
But He is perfect security in
storms.
He does not promise an easy
passage,
But He does guarantee a safe
landing."
The road to success is always
under construction. It seems
that those who seem to have
it hard always get more done."
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Paul said in I Corinthians
10:13, "There hath no tempta-
tion (trouble) taken you but
such as is common to man: but
God is faithful, who will not
suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will
with the temptation (trouble )
also make a way to escape.
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7 ways God may use a
“surge of problems” in
our lives:
1. To Direct Us.
Sometimes God must light a
fire under you to get you mov-
ing. Problems often point us in
a new direction and motivate
us to change. Is God trying to
get our attention?
Proverbs 20:30
The blueness of a wound
cleanse away evil: so do
stripes the inward parts of the
belly.
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The world deceives us. But af-
ter a serious bout with
trouble, we don’t usually care
as much about what people
think.
Pride is plowed under, the
world loses its value, the ap-
petites for sin lose their taste.
God could have kept Daniel
out of the lions’ den, Paul and
Silas out of jail, the Hebrew
children from the fiery fur-
nace; but it was good for all
these to go through these ex-
periences.
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2. To Inspect Us.
People are like tea bags…if you
want to know what’s inside
them, just drop them in hot
water! Has God ever tested
your faith with a problem?
What do problems reveal
about you?
James 1:2-3
My brethren, count it all joy
when ye fall into divers temp-
tations; [3] Knowing this, that
the trying of your faith wor-
keth patience.
3. To Correct Us.
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Some lessons we learn only
through pain and failure. It’s
likely that as a child your par-
ents told you not to touch a
hot stove. But you probably
learned by being burned.
Sometimes we only learn the
value of something by losing
it."
Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I have
been afflicted; that I might
learn thy statutes.
4. To Connect Us.
When someone dies in the
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family, loved ones gather from
far and near for the funeral.
People want to be together
when in trouble. When some-
one is seriously ill, their friends
and neighbors gather in to
check on them and make sure
things are all right.
Trouble not only draws people
together, but it also draws
them to the Lord. David said,
"Before I was afflicted, I went
astray" (Ps. 119:67). Many a
person has called for a
preacher in time of trouble to
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make things right with God.
Then trouble also draws
people to church. It is not un-
common to see a whole family
show up at church after a fu-
neral.
Sometimes when people get
bad news from the doctor
about their physical condition,
they take a renewed interest
in church. So trouble unifies.
5. To Protect Us.
A problem can be a blessing in
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disguise if it prevents you from
being harmed by something
more serious. I read about a
guy who was fired for refusing
to do something unethical that
his boss had asked him to do.
His unemployment was a
problem - but it saved him
from being convicted and sent
to prison a year later when the
management’s actions were
eventually discovered.
Joseph said to his brothers in
Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil
against me; but God meant it
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unto good, to bring to pass, as
it is this day, to save much
people alive.
God is the only true “surge
protector!”
6. To Perfect Us. the perfect
storm
Problems, when responded to
correctly, are character build-
ers. God is far more interested
in your character than your
comfort. Your relationship to
God and your character are
the only two things you’re
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going to take with you into
eternity.
Romans 5:3-4
And not only so, but we glory
in tribulations also: knowing
that tribulation worketh pa-
tience; [4] And patience, expe-
rience; and experience, hope.
David said in Ps. 71:19-21
O God, who is like unto thee!
Thou, which hast shewed me
great and sore troubles, shalt
quicken me again, and shalt
bring me up again from the
depths of the earth. Thou shalt
increase my greatness, and
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comfort me on every side."
Here we find the effect of
trouble. It was a blessing in
disguise, a benefit to the life of
this good servant of God.
All things work together for
good to them that love God, to
them who are the called ac-
cording to his purpose"
(Rom. 8:28).
The graduate degree of spiri-
tuality comes from attending
the University of Hard Knocks.
7. To Project Us.
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The surge of trouble focuses
us outwardly, on what is most
important…it furthers God’s
cause.
Philip. 1:12
But I would ye should under-
stand, brethren, that the
things which happened unto
me have fallen out rather unto
the furtherance of the gospel;
“For God to make manifest the
fact that He gives songs in the
night, He must first make the
night!”
Who don’t get Tired
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I suppose all of us at some
time or another get de-
pressed, or want to give up
and quit. In the heat of a mo-
ment we’ll say, "I’ll just leave
this job, this church, or this
family, and they’ll miss
me…they’ll wish they had
treated me different!"
Often we have some of these
feelings:
“there’s no use, harder I try,
worse things get, don’t wit-
ness, no one listens, just spin-
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ning wheels, getting nothing at
church, daily stresses and
problems (life is just mundane,
repetitive, like Chinese water
torture!)
I know this is true for 2 rea-
sons:
I talk to many of you going
threw it
I’ve gone threw it!
Sometimes God’s people need
a spiritual 2nd wind…
Examples:
• Moses
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The Greatest leader, hand-
picked by God!
Had God’s power on his life,
but in Numbers 11:15 he said
to God, “if thou deal thus with
me, kill me, I pray thee!”
• Joshua
Greatest General, handpicked
by God to lead Israel into the
Promised Land…but in Joshua
7:7, he said, “would to God we
had been content and dwelt
on the other side of Jordan”
(so this is what we get for
serving God, he said, after a
great defeat!)
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He felt like quitting! He got
over it, thankfully!
• Elijah
Greatest prophet of OT willing
to challenge the idolatry of his
day called fire down from hea-
ven won a faceoff with proph-
ets of Baal, but in I Kings 19:4
after it was all over, he re-
quested for himself that he
might die, and said, it is
enough now, O Lord, take
away my life!
• Job
We talk about his patience and
faith, and he was truly a great
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man…he had a great beginning
and a great ending, but in-
between, when he lost every-
thing, he wished he had not
been born, became suicidal,
extremely depressed for a pe-
riod of time!
Job 3:3 he said, let the day pe-
rish in which I was born!
• Jonah
He wanted God to kill him, and
was spiritually depressed and
not even happy for the all the
souls that just got saved in Ni-
neveh!
• Paul
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In Acts 18 we find Paul in his
2nd missionary journey, arriv-
ing from Athens to Corinth ex-
periencing a low time in his
life (of depression)
I Cor. 2:3 Paul says of that
time in Acts: “I was with you in
weakness and in fear, and in
much trembling” (could be
translated: “I was far from
strong, nervous, and rather
shaky!”
-He was fatigued (53 mile
walk)
He was alone
He was bi-vocational (v. 3:
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tentmaker)
Stressed-v. 5 “pressed in the
spirit” (spiritual stress)
Had a sense of failure (not
much success in Athens called
a “babbler” (bird brain)
Frustrated, leaving a city of
idolatry and heading for the
worst in the world for immo-
rality! (Sin city! The Temple:
Aphrodite, goddess of sex, and
a thousand prostitutes sold
their bodies in the temple in
the name of religion!)
unappreciated…he later wrote
to the people of Corinth:
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2Co 12:15 -
And I will very gladly spend
and be spent for you; though
the more abundantly I love
you, the less I be loved.
At this point on this trip alone,
he’s been beaten and jailed at
Philippi, persecuted at Thessa-
lonica and Berea, ridiculed in
Athens, and now he has to
face Corinth! He was at a low
point, a crossroads in his min-
istry, and he was just about to
quit!
But the Lord came to Paul on
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this day, and showed him that
trying times are not the time
to quit trying!
v. 11—he didn’t quit, he con-
tinued! Why? Because God
told him in 9 and 10: “it’s too
soon to quit!”
3 Promises for the ‘Winded’
We have the promise of …
1. God’s presence
v. 10 “I am with thee”
• In times of loneliness
Heb. 13:5, Jesus said, I will
never leave thee, nor forsake
thee! (gk. Word “never” there
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3 times…never, no never, no
never!)
Gospel of Matthew, 2 wonder-
ful bookends:
Beginning: “Emmanuel, God
with us”
Ending: Great commission,
where Jesus said, “Lo, I am
with you always” (don’t fly!)
Your best friend my stab you
in the back, but He’s a friend
that sticks closer than a broth-
er!
In loneliness…
• In the valley
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When defeat comes discou-
ragement sickness financial
reversal, heartaches, family
problems…remember that the
God of the mountain. is still
God in the valley!
Ill.—little boy went home after
school very sad/told mom
about Billy, his best friend,
who had been absent for 3
days/found out today why
when he returned to class…his
daddy died, and when he told
us, he cried and just laid his
head flat on his desk/mom:
“what did you do?”/I didn’t
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know what to do, so I just laid
my head on my desk and
cried, too!
that’s the kind of Savior we
have! The Bible says, “He’s
TOUCHED” with the feelings of
our infirmities!
Jn. 11:35 says Jesus wept,
why? Lazarus had died Jesus
even knew he was going to
raise him from the dead,
things were going to get bet-
ter, but Jesus’ heart still broke
in the meanwhile!
He’s there in the valley with
you!
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In loneliness, in the valley…
In death
If we’re honest, we’ll admit we
have a fear of death. (normal
defense mechanism)
Ps. 23: “yea, tho’ I walk thru
the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil…for
thou art with me!
Joke- a preacher asked church,
how many want to go to hea-
ven, all raised their hands ex-
cept 1 old man you sir, don’t
you wanna go someday? sure,
if you put it that way…I
thought you were getting up a
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load to go right now!
But when our time comes, the
Lord comes Himself with dying
grace and takes away our fear.
He doesn’t send an angel…He
comes for us Himself!
It’s too soon to quit! We have
the promise of His presence!
2. God’s protection
v. 10 “no man shall set on thee
to hurt thee” (the Lord didn’t
say no man would set on thee)
…not that he wouldn’t be hurt,
but that he wouldn’t be
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harmed!
They might have killed the
apostle Paul, but not until he
was able to say, “I have fi-
nished my course.”
They killed the Lord Jesus, but
not before He said, “It is fi-
nished!”
God has a purpose for your
life. Greater than your job!
And if you choose to, you can
live it out, fearlessly…though
there will be persecution, tri-
als and hardships…but until
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your work here is done, God’s
not finished with you, the devil
can’t harm you, man can’t hurt
you, disease cannot touch you,
there are no accidents with
God…He and He alone will call
you home when the time is
right!
So good to know, that nothing
can happen without the Lord’s
permission.
To live is Christ, to die is
gain…God, take me when
you’re thru with me…until
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then, I’m gonna serve you!
It’s too soon to quit!
First let me summarize this
phenomenal story of Elijah
and his confrontation with the
prophets of Baal.
The first we see of Elijah is in 1
Kings 18. He is told by God to
go and announce that there
will not be rain on the land un-
til he says so. Baal worship had
become common and Baal
was thought to be the god of
rain, so what better way to put
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that to rest than to stop all
rain.
Elijah makes his announce-
ment and then leaves. After a
couple of years, the wicked
King, Ahab sends another
prophet Obadiah, a good
prophet, in one direction while
he goes another. Obadiah runs
into Elijah. Elijah tells Obadiah
to go tell Ahab that Elijah is
here. Read this passage which
shows how strongly Ahab was
looking for Elijah:
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1 Kings 18:9-46
"What have I done wrong,"
asked Obadiah, "that you are
handing your servant over to
Ahab to be put to death? [10]
As surely as the LORD your
God lives, there is not a nation
or kingdom where my master
has not sent someone to look
for you. And whenever a na-
tion or kingdom claimed you
were not there, he made them
swear they could not find you.
[11] But now you tell me to go
to my master and say, ’Elijah is
here.’ *12+ I don’t know where
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the Spirit of the LORD may
carry you when I leave you. If I
go and tell Ahab and he
doesn’t find you, he will kill
me.
Obadiah did not want to take
the chance on giving Ahab this
good news, only to find that
God had called Elijah away. I
think he assumed that Ahab
would kill Elijah, so God might
call him away to save Elijah’s
life.
But Elijah convinces him that
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he will be there when he
comes back. This is what Ahab
says:
I Kings 18:17
When he saw Elijah, he said to
him, "Is that you, you troubler
of Israel?"
Elijah debates that point brief-
ly but then sets up a challenge
to prove who is the true God.
This is what happens:
1 Kings 18:19
Now summon the people from
all over Israel to meet me on
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Mount Carmel. And bring the
four hundred and fifty proph-
ets of Baal and the four hun-
dred prophets of Asherah,
who eat at Jezebel’s table."
vs20 So Ahab sent word
throughout all Israel and as-
sembled the prophets on
Mount Carmel. vs21 Elijah
went before the people and
said, "How long will you waver
between two opinions?
If the LORD is God, follow him;
but if Baal is God, follow him."
But the people said nothing.
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Elijah was looking for someone
man enough to stand up with
him, but no one would. The
story is a great story, one of
my favorites in the Bible, so I
encourage you to read it later,
but right now I want to dis-
cover how Elijah was able to
stand alone. What made him
man enough to do this?
Personal dangers didn’t mat-
ter to Elijah. The mob may
have been ready to lynch him
when he came, but he didn’t
care. Elijah was God’s man, in
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God’s place, at God’s time. Do
you have the same attitude as
Elijah? Do you want to be
God’s man in His place and in
His time?
Real Men Don’t Run
from Storms
We live in a society that wants
to neuter manhood. People
want you to believe that there
is really no difference, it is all
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learned. Because of that, we
are raising a generation of
men that do not know what it
means to be a real man.
I am going to tell you what I
believe to be the traits of
manhood in the life of Elijah
and especially in the life of Je-
sus. Men and boys, I want you
to know that if you want to be
a real man, you will have these
traits.
These four traits come out of a
book called “Raising a Modern
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Day Knight” by Robert Lewis.
The first trait of a man is …
I. A Real Man Rejects Passivi-
ty.
Elijah was told to go and
present himself to Ahab. He
knew that was not a safe thing
to do, but he could not be pas-
sive. He does so and sets up
this challenge with the proph-
ets of Baal. But there were
others that day that were pas-
sive, sitting on the sideline,
seeing what would happen.
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I Kings 18:20-21
So Ahab sent word throughout
all Israel and assembled the
prophets on Mount Carmel.
[21] Elijah went before the
people and said, "How long
will you waver between two
opinions? If the LORD is
God, follow him; but if Baal
is God, follow him." But the
people said nothing.
Did you hear the passivity?
“But the people said nothing.”
Elijah was man enough to
stand alone, but passivity kept
others from joining him.
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Anyone who has been around
boys knows that they seem to
possess a natural aggressive-
ness to initiate, to explore,
and to achieve. They are much
more apt to trip their younger
brothers, tackle their sisters
and punch each other in the
arm.
Though it varies from man to
man, this inbred aggressive-
ness – both physical and psy-
chological – is not a learned
behavior; it is innate. It is part
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of being a man.
But, for some reason, men of
every age become passive
when it comes to initiating this
action in their homes, with the
families, and in their commun-
ities. Why? The reason is
found in Genesis.
In Genesis 3, the serpent ap-
proaches Eve with a tantalizing
proposition. He convinces her
that the forbidden fruit is ac-
tually the path to life. Satan
coaxes Eve with the promise
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that if she takes one bite, she
“will be like God" (Genesis 3:5)
The stage is set for Adam to
intervene. After all, Adam has
been given responsibility of
the garden; the prohibition
against eating fruit was spo-
ken to him. God has given the
first man a will, to obey
“don’t eat the fruit , a work to
do (“cultivate the garden”),
and a woman to love (Eve).
These are his explicit respon-
sibilities as a man.
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You fully expect Adam to
come running with a garden
hoe, cut off the serpent’s
head, and end this heinous
approach of evil.
But confronted with his social
and spiritual responsibilities,
Adam becomes, of all things,
passive.
Have you ever wondered what
Adam was doing while Eve was
being propositioned? Most
people assume that he was
absent at the time, commun-
ing with nature or tilling the
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soil. Not true. He was right
there, watching his wife con-
template moral and spiritual
suicide. Genesis 3:6 tells us so:
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the
fruit of the tree was good for
food and pleasing to the eye,
and also desirable for gaining
wisdom, she took some and
ate it. She also gave some to
her husband, who was with
her, and he ate it.
Did you hear it? The text says
she gave “some to her hus-
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band, who was with her.” As
naturally aggressive as Adam
was, when the moment of au-
thentic manhood arrived –
when he was called upon to
act responsibly, to take charge
spiritually, and protect his
woman – Adam just stood
there. He went flat. He be-
came passive.
Men have been imitating
Adam’s example ever since.
Have you ever wondered why
the Bible constantly calls men
to love their wives, spiritually
instruct their children, and
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responsibly lead their homes?
The reason is because men
have a fallen nature that ac-
tually bends away from these
responsibilities. It comes with
maleness. It comes from
Adam.
Buffeted But Blessed
Text: 2 Cor.12: 9, 10
Intro: Most of us would think
the ideas of buffeting and
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blessing are totally foreign to
one another. It’s difficult to
wrap our limited insight
around the biblical idea that
the former could actually pro-
duce the latter. As a matter of
fact, the average Christian
probably isn’t the least bit
concerned with understanding
such a concept.
The Apostle Paul saw a defi-
nite connection between be-
ing “buffeted” and being
“blessed.” This great servant
of God realized that the Lord
was purposeful in all He did,
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and in all He permitted to
come into his life, whether
good or ill. Paul realized that
though he could not live obli-
vious to the billows and blows
of life, it was better to look
beyond them, and see the
blessings of growth, effective-
ness, and maturity they would
inevitably produce in him.
That all sounds very noble,
doesn’t it? However, as noble
as this concept may sound, it
is often excruciatingly difficult
to seize, spiritually. It isn’t
easy to learn to “…count it all
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joy when ye fall into divers
temptations (various trials);
Knowing this that the trying of
your faith worketh patience”
(James 1: 2-3), as James says.
It’s far easier to read the con-
cept than to realize it. But
realize it we can and must, if
we are to live victoriously to
the honor and glory of Christ.
In Second Corinthians 12:7-10,
Paul explains what God had
taught him when it seemed
that life was giving him a good
beating. There are some very
important principles to be
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learned in this brief passage.
Let’s consider them together.
Theme: Paul lists three things
for us to consider in our diffi-
culties:
I. THE BUFFETING
A. Its Purpose.
2 Cor.12: 7a “And lest I should
be exalted above measure
through the abundance of the
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revelation…”
2 Cor.12: 7c “…lest I should be
exalted above measure.”
NOTE: [1] Paul indicates that
one of the purposes of his buf-
feting was to prevent religious
pride. The word “exalted”
means, “to become haughty.”
Albert Barnes notes that:
There is abundant reason to
believe that Paul was naturally
a proud man. He was by na-
ture self-confident; trusting in
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his own talents and attain-
ments, and eminently ambi-
tious. When he became a
Christian, therefore, one of his
besetting sins would be pride;
and as he had been especially
favored in his call to the apos-
tleship; in his success as a
preacher; in the standing
which he had among the other
apostles, and in the revela-
tions imparted to him, there
was also special danger that
he would become self-
confident and proud of his at-
tainments.
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If the Apostle Paul could have
a problem with pride, believe
me; any of us could have the
same problem. As a matter of
fact, most all of us have a
pride problem from time to
time. However, God knows
how to deflate our over-
inflated ego, just like this guy:
Some people think they are a
wonder when they are not. I
heard about a bachelor who
was on an airplane. He saw a
pretty stewardess and decided
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to get her attention.
She passed by and said, “Sir,
you do not have your seat belt
fastened.”
He replied, “Well, my dear,
Superman doesn’t need a seat
belt.”
She never hesitated, but re-
sponded immediately, “Yes,
and Superman would not need
an airplane either, fasten your
seat belt!”(3)
The potential for religious
pride lay in the “…abundance
of the revelations” given to
Paul
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[3a] Paul was blinded on the
Damascus Road, by the
brightness of the glorified Chr-
ist (Acts 9: 3; 22: 6).
[3b] Paul had seen a vision in
which he was instructed to go
preach to the Gentiles (Acts
22: 17-21).
[3c] It was through a vision
that Paul had been called to
go preach the Gospel in Ma-
cedonia (Acts 16: 9).
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*3d+ Paul was taken up “into
paradise,” where he heard
“unspeakable words” (2
Cor.12: 2-4).
[3e] Paul received the revela-
tion of divine truth concerning
the “mystery” of Christ and His
Church (Eph.3: 3).
[4] Christians sometimes fail to
understand that Satan will use
good things to corrupt our
lives. If we don’t stay alert, Sa-
tan will turn a blessing from
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God into boasting in the flesh.
B. Its Properties.
1. It was painful.
2 Cor.12: 7b “…a thorn in the
flesh, the messenger of Satan
to buffet me…”
NOTE: [1] The word translated
“thorn” refers to a “‘a sharp
stake used for torturing or im-
paling someone.’”(4)
*2+ The word “buffet” also im-
plies pain, in that it means, “to
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strike with clenched hands, to
buffet with the fist.”(5)
[3] One is caused to wonder
why God would allow such a
choice servant as Paul, to suf-
fer this kind of satanic anta-
gonism.
[3a] Paul said that the trials he
endured were a constant re-
minder of his personal weak-
ness and inability apart from
the enabling power of God (2
Cor.12: 10).
[3b] Difficulties in the Christian
life produce much the same
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effect as the ocean does upon
the rocks on the shore. Rocks
found in the quiet coves, sepa-
rated from the crashing waves
of the sea, are jagged and
sharp. However, the rocks that
are exposed to the constant
pounding of the ocean’s waves
become smooth, polished and
beautiful. Satan wants to
smash us with the trials and
difficulties of life, while God
wants to smooth and sanctify
us with them.
2. It was physical.
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2 Cor.12: 7b “…in the flesh…”
Paul was simply saying that
he suffered from “…a physical
affliction.”(6) Robertson also
agrees with this deduction. He
says, “Certainly it was some
physical malady that persisted.
All sorts of theories are held
(malaria, eye-trouble, epilep-
sy, insomnia, migraine or sick-
headache, etc.).
F.W. Farrar adds the following
comments concerning Paul’s
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There have been endless con-
jectures as to the exact nature
of this painful and most hum-
bling physical affliction. It is
only by placing side by side a
great many separate passages
that we are almost irresistibly
led to the conclusion which is
now most generally adopted,
namely, that it was acute and
disfiguring ophthalmic, origi-
nating in the blinding glare of
the light which flashed round
him at Damascus, and accom-
panied, as that most humiliat-
ing disease usually is, by occa-
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sional cerebral excitement.(8)
C. Its Producer.
2 Cor.12: 7b “…the messenger
of Satan…”
NOTE: The word “messenger”
is the Greek word “ANGELOS,”
which is the same word often
translated “angel.” The “angel
of Satan” was the delivery boy
for the bodily affliction that
Paul suffered. Though Satan or
his cohorts cannot touch
God’s children at will, God
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may sometimes use Satan and
his messengers, to accomplish
His divine purposes.
II. THE BURDEN
2 Cor.12: 8 “For this thing I be-
sought the Lord thrice, that it
might depart from me.”
John 16: 33b “…In the world
ye shall have tribulation: but
be of good cheer
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Listen to what God is saying
,Don’t loose your joy, stay
happy, it’s your joy that de-
stroy storm.
Satan would love nothing bet-
ter than to make you upset,
angry even mad at God.
Singing songs and making me-
lody to God in your heart is
crucial. Those that master
holding on to their joy masters
the storm. We tend to let
people with no joy steal ours .
Storms don’t last as long when
you keep your joy. many
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people of will get their best
praise on during the storm. So
learn to shout it out.
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Speak to your peace
Let’s go back to what God
Spoke to the wind and the
rain. Peace! he called it,
Peace belongs to God, so it be-
longs to the people of God.
Being that it belongs to us we
have the power to control it.
No matter the storm we have
power to speak to our peace.
You may not be able to control
the storm but you can control
your peace. Storms come to
distract us from our vision,
work or your purpose.
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