TRUST IN THE TRIALS
- BIND MY WANDERING HEART THEE
There are times during the hard seasons when our hearts may wander from the gravitational pull of God's love. But what if the trials, hardships, struggles, and detours were actually for your good?
Our lives will. never be perfect. We will continue to fight the battles, endure the struggles, swim in the seas of confusion, walk through the fires of pain, and be battered by the waves of rejection. This is what Jesus meant when he said, "For in this unbelieving world you will experience trouble and sorrows, but you must be courageous, for I have conquered the world!" (John 16:33 )
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 NIV
2.YOU ARE FULLY KNOWN AMD LOVED BY GOD
God whispers his love letter in your ears and reminds you to trust who he is. He is the God who showed the moon where to hide until evening. The one who made the walls fall with a shout. The God who turned the sea into a highway. The one who blanketed the morning grass with bread from the heavenly storehouse. He is the God who heals, raises the dead to life, and holds time in his mighty hands.
“and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.””
Psalms 50:15
““The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”
Exodus 15:2 NIV
3.COME AND TALK TO HIM
If you are struggling with something painful today, just talk to God. You are never alone. So many things can get in the way. Or, maybe you are like me and God is the last thing on your list when he should be your first priority. I get it. But remember this:
God loves you.
He is a great listener.
He longs to comfort you.
Go talk to him.
“My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
Psalms 27:8 NIV
4.GOD OF THE BREAKTHROUGH
God's ways are higher than ours. But the fight of faith isn't about twisting God's arm so he will perform a specific outcome for us. Faith is so much deeper than our external circumstances. The battle we face every day is to trust God's heart and believe for the impossible.
We are always going to need breakthrough in our lives. Jesus told us, "In this world you will have trouble." (John 16:33). Our fight, the trials, and the hardships will continue as long as we are on this side of glory. But until that day, we can hold on to the promise given by Jesus in the last part of the previous verse, "But take heart I have overcome the world."
“Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.””
Matthew 19:26 NIV
5.THE STRUGGLE MAKES YOU STRONGER
What was bound is now boundless. God finds us in the dark and gives us a new identity, a new name, and new wings to make us free!
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV
Yes, struggles make you stronger.
(James 1:2-4 NIV) Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, {3} because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. {4} Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
(1 Peter 1:6-7 NIV) In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. {7} These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Yes, with God all things are possible but all things are not guaranteed and all things are not likely.