James 1:2-3 (LSB) 2 Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith brings about perseverance.
Walking with God teaches us a wide variety of things.
Some of those things are surprising.
We learn of who He is. We learn His ways. We learn of His faithfulness.
And we learn of our own weaknesses, frailties, and faults.
But another thing we learn is less obvious.
It is this; unless we are in a battle or facing a giant or an enemy of some kind, we have no need for victory.
We don’t recognize it until we have walked through many things and see Him move on our behalf.
We all wish life could be easy; lacking tragedy, difficult times, or seasons of distress.
But that would be unrealistic.
Instead, we may face seasons of famine. We witness the realities of what life throws at us from time to time.
And some of it can be gut-wrenching, leaving us feeling as though we have been kicked in the stomach, trying desperately to catch our breath.
But until we face things, we have no need for God’s miracles working on our behalf.
It is the difficulties in life that allow us to see His power and His faithfulness.
It was being sandwiched between the Red Sea and the Egyptian army that allowed the Israelites to see God part that sea and let them walk through on dry land.
It was a severe famine that allowed the widow and her son to see God fulfill what Elijah had spoken and watch Him provide sustenance for them from what was only a single meal’s worth of flour and oil for the duration of that famine.
And it was a looming giant that David faced that allowed the entire Israelite army to witness God’s power as a young shepherd boy killed that giant with a single stone.
Are giants, famines, and attacks of the enemy inconvenient? Yes!
Do they cause us discomfort, pain, and frustration? Of course they do!
But they also cause us to pull on God and trust Him in ways that would not happen had we not faced these difficult seasons.
So, let us embrace the words of wisdom found in James 1:2-3, above, and learn to walk this truth out in our own lives even as we push through the discomfort and frustration of the trials we face 🙏
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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