Day 19

When pressure situations or trials come against you, they give you an opportunity to grow & develop in your faith, but faith must already be in you through the Word & through what God has put in your heart..
Scripture says that faith comes by hearing & hearing by the Word of God. (Romans 10:17)
Unless you accept God’s grace to deal with trials, inevitably you will become bitter..
However, if you choose to trust God to bring about His purposes through the trial, you can avoid the trap of bitterness and grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord..
You can be confident that God will not allow anything to happen to you without His permission, and He will not let any “bad thing” happen that will not ultimately bring you more good than destruction..
8 My intentions are not always yours,
and I do not go about things as you do.
9 My thoughts and My ways are above and beyond you,
just as heaven is far from your reach here on earth.
(Isaiah 55:8-9)
– Thanking God in all things does not mean that we thank God for evil. It means that we are thanking God for the benefits He intends for us when He allows things to happen.
– We cannot escape the pain of a difficult situation, but we can learn to rejoice in God Himself and in the good things God will do through our trial.
– The greatest reason God has for taking us through the trials of life is to bring us to the firm conclusion that we need God. He desires to work powerfully through our lives. God’s goal through our trials is to strengthen our dependence on Him.
What do you do in the midst of trials while you’re standing still, waiting on God to move you towards the next path?
Strengthen your faith!
Strengthen your relationship with God!
“My fellow believers, when it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties, see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can! For you know that when your faith is tested it stirs up in you the power of endurance. And then as your endurance grows even stronger, it will release perfection into every part of your being until there is nothing missing and nothing lacking……” (James 1:2-4)