Monday's Blessing
James 1:2
“Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trails of any sort or fall into various temptations."
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There are always tests when we least expect them.
I'm sure you've heard of amazing stores of how God has worked in their lives. I enjoy a good testimony to keep my faith strong. I also know behind very extraordinary account of someone's life lies some of kind of challenge or difficulty. There has never been a testimony without a test.
Unfortunately, we must pass all kinds of tests as we go through our lives, and passing them is part of the will to never give up. It is vital for us to understand the important role that tests and trials play in our lives, because understanding them helps us endure them and actually be strengthened by them.
Everything God permits us to go through will ultimately be good for us, no matter how much it hurts, how unfair it is, or how difficult it is. When we encounter these tests of will we should embrace them and refuse to run from them. We will learn a valuable lesson that will help us in the future and make us stronger.
One reason we go through these trials is to test our quality (1 Peter 4:12). Often, we find ourselves wishing we had the faith of an individual who is filled with the spirit. Yet, I can assure you if they have a strong and vibrant faith, it did not come easy. Faith comes from the furnace of affliction.
No one who does anything worthwhile for God has traveled an easy road. Doing great things for God requires character, and character is developed by passing life's test and staying faithful to him through these trials.
This Week's Meditation:
Teach me to "Always love you through trials and tribulations."
Pray:
Help me to meditate each day: "Lord, I trust everything you lay at my feet."
Teach me to be patient and know you will mentor me. Remind me that prayer motivates me.
Meditate on this for several minutes a day. Allow various thoughts to come into your mind. And realize God has you in his arms always.
James 1:2
“Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trails of any sort or fall into various temptations."
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There are always tests when we least expect them.
I'm sure you've heard of amazing stores of how God has worked in their lives. I enjoy a good testimony to keep my faith strong. I also know behind very extraordinary account of someone's life lies some of kind of challenge or difficulty. There has never been a testimony without a test.
Unfortunately, we must pass all kinds of tests as we go through our lives, and passing them is part of the will to never give up. It is vital for us to understand the important role that tests and trials play in our lives, because understanding them helps us endure them and actually be strengthened by them.
Everything God permits us to go through will ultimately be good for us, no matter how much it hurts, how unfair it is, or how difficult it is. When we encounter these tests of will we should embrace them and refuse to run from them. We will learn a valuable lesson that will help us in the future and make us stronger.
One reason we go through these trials is to test our quality (1 Peter 4:12). Often, we find ourselves wishing we had the faith of an individual who is filled with the spirit. Yet, I can assure you if they have a strong and vibrant faith, it did not come easy. Faith comes from the furnace of affliction.
No one who does anything worthwhile for God has traveled an easy road. Doing great things for God requires character, and character is developed by passing life's test and staying faithful to him through these trials.
This Week's Meditation:
Teach me to "Always love you through trials and tribulations."
Pray:
Help me to meditate each day: "Lord, I trust everything you lay at my feet."
Teach me to be patient and know you will mentor me. Remind me that prayer motivates me.
Meditate on this for several minutes a day. Allow various thoughts to come into your mind. And realize God has you in his arms always.
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