Life's Hope: Escaping External Situations

It is as certain as living and breathing air: everyone has faced bad contemporaneous rimes and we will continue to do so. External factors, locus of control, and other cases create existing conditions that make us unhappy and cause us pain. Great unhappiness can be overshadowed by a spiritual darkness. Do we allow these dark forces to dictate how far we move forward? Do we allow others and social standing to allow us to live better or worse? Do we reach a level of darkness and loss of hope to dictate how we move forward in our relationship with Christ?

We learn from reading and visiting the book of Genesis, the whole book that continuous happiness will never happen. Start with the first relationship of man-kind: Adam and Eve. It was bound to happen. You can conceptualize yourself as Adam or Eve, and decide to make a better decision and not talk to that old serpent. You can decide to leave that old tree alone. Moreover, reading forward from the second and third chapters of Genesis we see it is impossible to stay in continued bliss.

At some point, you will be subjected to moments or times of unhappiness and failed experiences. And then, moments later, we read further along in Genesis, and happiness finds us again and we live good lives. However, wait in another moment, darkness, sin and destruction happens and we stop pursuing God; we are back were we started.

The answer is simple: our joy and commitments in life cannot be predicated on the momentary instabilities of good and bad experiences in this world. Our joys and grieves of life pains cannot be because of the outer circumstances in our life, nor can allow bad things to dictate how we view our present lifestyle. The following will give you a list of some of the main things found in the book of Genesis, Chapter 14 particularly,our soul, spirit man and connection with Christ should keep us firm and standing on the promises of God. So here it is: a practical way to move improve.

1) Individual chaos- (Genesis 14: 12) Lot was captured and everything he possessed was given to his enemies. Everything at this point was falling apart. He was thrown into captivity, had no way of communicating with his family and lost his worldly possessions and finances. In this perilous time, it is important to remember God sees our internal fears and external conditions. When we wait upon Him, we discover hope.

2) Family chaos- (Genesis 14:13) The chaos reached to Abram and his family. When Abram heard the news of Lot he immediately prepared for battle. No matter what, this would have caused the kinship group of Abram to face unexpected circumstances. When an emergency happens in life, it is essential to begin to gather hope. Surround yourself with others who may be of help in your immediate situation. Sometimes you need individuals to get in there and fight the battle and weather the storm.

3) Social chaos- (Genesis 14:1). In the immediate, there were city battles all around. People were scrambling in nomadic territory to find peace and security. In the regions here, there were particularly more than fourteen continual battles at the same time. From a municipality perspective, we focus on what neighborhoods, regions and emergency networks have put in place. Finding a way to meet your emergency needs are essential: homeless shelters, victims assistance and other human and social services are important.

4) Governmental chaos -(Genesis 14: 1-2) other kings and lands got involved. Just as the United States pulled together and created united during 9/11, an environment such as this because imperative to have union amongst people. The United States is fighting wars and other wars and here is where the government and community celebrate and support our national treasures, military efforts and veterans.

In concluding, remember there is no escaping external situations that cause hurt, destruction and unhappiness. In chapter 14 of Genesis, versus 14-16 illustrates hope in God by providing resources from individuals, family and social outlets. It is embodying and all-encompassing that external locus of control takes over our lives. Nevertheless, using the Bible as a resource of continued hope and peace is an essential resource. Just as there are good and bad times in the Bible, look for comparisons regarding your circumstance and focus on the areas of hope and unity.