I
TAKE PLEASURE
2 Cor 12:10
This thing I am going through is the best thing for
me right now. They are not burdens they are opportunities therefore my attitude
will be one of taking pleasure in the situation I find myself in
Gen
50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil
against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to
save much people alive.
1.
in infirmities – unable to perform a desired task; a lack of strength and
capacity required
a) to understand
a thingb) to do things great and glorious
c) to restrain corrupt desires
d) to bear trials and troubles
2.
in reproaches – embarrassment a wrong springing from insolence, an injury,
affront, insult
a) mental injury
and wantonness of its infliction being prominentb) injury inflicted by the violence of a tempest
3.
in necessities – what needs to be necessity, imposed either by the
circumstances, or by law of duty regarding to one's advantage, custom, argument
4.
in persecutions – be taken away
a) to make to run
or flee, put to flight, drive awayb) to run swiftly in order to catch a person or thing, to run after
1) to press on: like one who in a race runs swiftly to reach the goal
2) to pursue (in a hostile manner)
c) in any way whatever to harass, trouble, molest one
1) to persecute
2) to be mistreated, suffer persecution on account of something
d) without the idea of hostility, to run after, follow after: someone
e) metaph., to pursue
1) to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavour to acquire
5.
in distresses – physical or mental suffering, exposure to pain or danger
a) narrowness of
place, a narrow placeb) dire calamity, extreme affliction
