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"The Believer's Crisis Management" ~ Author Charles L. Robinson Jr.

Charles L Robinson Jr.

"The Believer's Crisis Management" ~ Author Charles L. Robinson Jr.


To God the creator of the heavens and earth (the Father in the divine trinity consisting of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) be the glory for his providential benevolence (mercy, love, protection, spiritual understanding, and salvation to name a few of his graces) available to his creation (you being included in his creation.) In the spirit of humility and honor towards the one creator and his creation (you being included in his creation), the following words identified as "this week's textual-topical devotion" exemplifies an appropriate functioning viewpoint for (hopefully already you) "the believer as the named beneficiary" premised with availability to all (still available to you if not yet a believer) as the alternative through God's love for all. May the following words bless your mind, heart, soul, and spirit with divine understanding accompanied with the mercy and love of God rooted within your spiritual understanding.


Most people (meaning you are not alone) have experienced, is experiencing, or will experience actual life experiences that can create the exposure of harm (danger) to oneself (self-crisis.) It's a state that presents the temptation of personal emotional pain due to the exposure of mental hurt-harm rather than improving mental stability derived from specific circumstances that present potential harm. Although life circumstances that present a sense of crisis are real and its effects of emotional pain can be real, specific functional understanding (the believer's crisis management) within handling matters that present the sense of crisis can greatly lessen personal emotional pain in the midst of being tempted with emotional pain. Understanding that a comprehensive definition of crisis encompasses "turning point in the course of anything". (Websters) Turning point being defined as moments when courses of events are to be changed and/or a point when there is a change in directions or motion. (Collins) Therefore, crisis can be defined as moments when courses of events are to be changed in your life and/or a point in your life whereby there is a need for change in direction or motions. With that being said, the delusion of danger towards oneself can become so potent that it's easy to restrict the definition of crisis as solely danger which distracts it's comprehensive definition consisting of changing course of events, directions, or motions. If you have not thought of the concept of "turning point" in the midst of a crisis and only have thought of the concept of "danger" in the midst of a crisis, the humbly and respectfully said, it's self-explanatory on how potential danger within a crisis distracts the blessing of less and less emotional pain in the midst of a crisis.


Less and less experienced personal emotional pain can identify spiritual growth which is an ingredient of one working out his and her own salvation. Salvation in by grace, not of works - not earned, however, there is a continuous need for spiritual growth in order to become greater imaged of divine salvage. Who can say that he or she does not have an area(s) in their lives whereby there's a need for spiritual growth? So, the delusion of crisis can become one real life consumption of emotional pain if ones turning point is "the danger" or crisis can be contained as a mere delusion while ones turning point is actual change of events, directions, or motions identified as "working out one's own salvation" embracing the opportunity for personal spiritual growth keeping in mind that the danger within the crisis is the trigger to spiritual growth. Let's briefly look at a few biblical examples (both Old and New Testament) that illustrates crisis and the responses to crisis determining turning points towards danger and turning points towards spiritual maturity understanding that potential danger triggers spiritual maturity.


Even after the Israelites deliverance from the oppression of the Pharoah of the exodus (Amenhotep II), the Israelites experienced another crisis presented in the form of no water and food. They experienced emotional pain (grumbling - a turning point) because of no water and food. However, when provided actual water and food, they experienced lesser and lesser emotional pain (a turning point.) Within the short two-chapter storyline of transition from emotional pain to less and less emotional pain in their crisis, they had the opportunity for initial lesser emotional pain. God's provision was with them then (in deliverance from the hands of Pharoah) just as proven beforehand (in the hands of Pharoah.) It was not about water and food rather than their need for spiritual growth. The crisis of no water and food was simply used as a trigger to identify and help work out their spiritual maturity-development. If they would have initially defined crisis comprehensively within the viewpoint of changing directions-motions (viewpoint of working out spiritual development) and not so focused on the danger (no water and food) they would have experienced tremendously less and less initial emotional pain. How do we know this? They eventually-literally experienced less and less emotional pain but the emphasis is on "eventually" meaning that it was not necessary to experience so much initial emotional pain which identifies the moving towards the mark of spiritual maturity. Their physical water and food was sitting in the realm of faith waiting for them just as previous physical issues were waiting for them in the realm of faith (previously proven.)


One of many New Testament examples that exemplifies crisis and appropriate crisis management is the example of faults that create a sense of shame through biblical rebuke (keep in mind that exposing faults in commanded by God, however, love says to expose faults slowly and wisely applicable in general and specifics -elders.) The Apostle Paul encouraged his spiritual son Timothy to expose faults. In doing so, Timothy's biblical rebuke created potential crisis amongst him and the one(s) he rebuked and surrounding others (to truly know biblical rebuke is to truly know potential crisis.) The crisis was the fault(s) and one's response to their crisis as a crisis potentially creates the consumption of the fault (creating continuous emotional pain.) However, the sense of danger that comes biblical rebuke was/is purposed and good if one defines their crisis as their personal "turning point" to change directions-motions (repentance) which was/is part of working out their personal spiritual development moving greater into his and her's divine imaged salvage. If the crisis was/is solely defined as danger, then the consumption of danger potentially increases as repentance potentially decreases. Focusing solely on the fault potentially creates tremendous-continuous emotional pain verse spiritually understanding that the fault leverages personal spiritual development tremendously lessens emotional pain. Spiritual development illustrates a response of repentance and not consumption of faults (simple change rather than expressions of not change.) As others witness the emotional pains and less and less emotional pains (turning points) within biblical rebuke, the witnessed circumstances are purposed to help others see the turning points and hopefully select the turning point that represents less and less emotional pain (remained repentance.)


So Moses, the Israelites, the Apostle Paul, and Timothy (the spiritual son of the Apostle Paul), all experienced circumstances possessing real life crisis that created potential emotional pain derived from viewpoints of defining crisis solely as danger. However, when viewing crisis from it's comprehensive definition of "turning points", then crisis merely became contained delusions while moving into changed events, directions, and motions consisting of lesser and lesser emotional pain. I encourage you to define your personal crisis(s) as "your personal turning points" and "not your dangers" and walk in your blessings of less and less emotional pain within crisis(s). Think about "divine change directions, motions, events" and do not think "danger" in the midst of crisis. Please share this devotion with others for their encouragements encountering crisis. God bless you and your families and again it's humbling and honoring (towards God and you) to experience these words with God and you as the author of these words. ~ Charles L. Robinson Jr.


Exodus 15:23-24

Exodus 16:2-3

2 Timothy 4:2

2 Timothy 5:1. 20

Philippians 2:12

2 Corinthians 13:t6-7



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