Intro to Right Attitudes- God is in Control (TMF:421)

Monday, June 06, 2016
Peace to Live By: Intro to Right Attitudes- God is in Control (TMF:421) - Daniel Litton
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       In the fall of 1962, the United States faced one of its most fearsome and challenging times in it’s history as a country. It was discovered that the Soviet Union had setup missile silos on the coasts of Cuba, and these nuclear ballistic missiles were capable of reaching most anywhere in the United States. But as God would have it, though, he chose the right man for the right time. It was through wisdom and patience that President John F. Kennedy was able to handle the situation. When the Military wanted a military strike, he wanted to resolve things peacefully. The military believed no such ending was possible, while Kennedy believed the opposite—that a peaceful ending was achievable. And in the end, the President was right. Indeed, when looking at how President Kennedy handled the Cuban Missile Crisis, one has to consider his shrewdness in judgment taken at the time. Christian friends, I want you to take note of this example of patience and understand that if we are going to be pleasing to God, if we are going to exhibit the patience that the Holy Spirit wants to produce in us—we have to able to see an event, a life circumstance, through. We have to have the ability, like President Kennedy did, to see the ending of the event in our minds—the one God promises to work together for the good.