by Marnie Piuze
TRUSTING GOD IN OUR TROUBLES (part 1) When we first come to God as new believers in Jesus, we begin to discover the magnitude of God’s Love: how He gave His own Son to rescue us, make us right in His eyes and bring us close – right into His own family! We begin to experience the peace of His daily care and the joy of getting to know Him and being part of His people and His plans. But as we go on in our walk as believers, we find a lot of difficulties, trials and troubles come into our lives. We have not yet learned the Truth of Jesus’s words: in the world you will have tribulation. (John 16:33) We expect God to fix everything for us, make the path smooth. We pray believing that God can and will help us and bring His great power to bear on our problem. We wait. We pray. We call the prayer chain. BUT many times God does not SEEM to be doing anything. Then we start to ask questions: WHY IS IT SO HARD? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME? WHY DOESN’T GOD CHANGE THIS PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE? DOESN’T HE CARE ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING? Here are some answers to those questions: Why is it so hard? Because those who love God and seek Him are the ones that satan attacks most! Why is this happening to me? Because God has a plan to use what our enemy is doing for our good! Why doesn’t God change this person or circumstance? Because God is working IN this situation to change US!! GOD ALLOWS DIFFICULTIES IN THE LIVES OF ALL HIS CHILDREN (they look different, but all of us walk through difficulty of some kind.) WHY? Because they are God’s WAY into all that He wants for us, all that He has promised. They are the only way into the glory of becoming like our Lord Jesus Christ in character and nature. In a hard situation I need to remind myself that God is not as interested in changing my difficult circumstance as He is in changing me; He doesn’t want to fix my problem as much as He wants to fix me! Remembering HIS goal (not ours) will help us begin to look at our troubles from a different perspective. Instead of doubts and ‘whys,’ we can ask different questions: what is God doing in this? what does He want me to learn? what good can I find even now in the middle of this hard place? how can I cooperate with God in His purpose? If we will choose to go THROUGH trials with faith and patience, looking up to Him, we will experience more of what God intends for us in His sovereign love. We will become overcomers – overcoming our difficulties by faith that releases His peace in our hearts! Trust allows God to bring us into the fullness of His plans for us! How greatly He desires to bless us; how patiently He waits for our cooperation! The Lord will wait, that he may be gracious to you….blessed are all those who wait for [trust in] Him. (Isaiah 30:18) YES, FATHER, I WANT TO BE CHANGED INSIDE BY THESE TROUBLES. I WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR WAY IN ME. I TRUST THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS ON MY SIDE, CARING FOR ME AND TRAINING ME TO BE THE PERSON YOU DESIRE ME TO BE, LIVING FULLY IN YOUR LOVE AND PURPOSE.
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