John 16:33 (LSB) 33 These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.
Sickness, disease, famine, injury, the loss of a loved one, betrayal by another person, financial distress, and many other calamities can and will befall each of us in our lifetimes.
These things are all part of life. No one is exempt.
And not a single one of us likes them. They’re uncomfortable, painful, stressful, and sometimes seemingly unbearable; gut-wrenching to the point of feeling like there is no possible way through it or surviving it.
Here is a truth that may be inconvenient to acknowledge, but we must acknowledge it.
Most of what we learn about trusting God is born in the face of adversity.
That’s a tough pill for most of us to swallow.
We want to believe that we trust God when there is no need for us to do so.
We want to trust Him, but we also want to cruise through life with no problems, no trials, and no worries.
Unfortunately, we can’t have both peace and the need to trust Him.
It is those times of tribulation that back us into a corner where we have no choice but to trust Him.
And as we learn to trust Him in those difficult seasons, that trust begins to spill over into our “normal” everyday lives.
It becomes something we don’t even think about. We just do it; walking it out one-step-at-a-time each day.
Then, one day we look back and see the fingerprints of God all over our lives. His mercy, His grace, His guidance, and His power all on display as He walked us through each trial we faced.
So, let us be careful to see His hand on us. And let us learn to trust Him even when there seems to be no reason to need to do so; that trusting Him will become as natural as breathing in and breathing out.
Amen 🙏🏻
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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