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I have been struggling the past couple of weeks. All I have been asking God for is relief from the drama. I am tired of the challenges. I want to focus on others not my difficulty! I have so often times encouraged others with saying “just trust God”. I am trusting but weary. Living in constant unknown is frustrating and it's wearing me out. I have no idea how God is going to provide for us but I know He will. It's not that I am not trusting Him, I am just tired. I don't want to be consumed by all the uncertainty. I am clinging to my God that saves. He doesn't just save me from an eternity apart from Him, He saves me every moment of every day. What would I do without him? I was talking with a good friend this morning about the difference between a Christ follower and a good religious person. A person that doesn't have Jesus has nothing to cling to...no hope. I have Jesus and even though life is a struggle right now, I have hope! I have assurance and comfort in the only sure thing! I would have no idea what I would do without this relationship. Life isn't easy and we are going to be challenged time after time but what I feel in my spirit is REAL. And I know if I choose to live in the power of the Holy Spirit, He will accomplish in me whatever purpose He has set into motion. Pray for our family...we need strength to get through this uncertain time. Our God saves!
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Nicole,
Here is a few words from a seasoned Christ follower and I quote from "Weathering the Storms" by Dr. J. Vernon McGee
"That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. (1 Thessalonians 3:3,4)
Here is a statement that is a little hard for any of us to swallow. Paul says that we should not be disturbed by "these afflictions," that is, pressures and tensions. Then he makes the amazing statement that "we are appointed thereunto." We know that we are going to go through storms. They will be temporary, but we cannot escape them. We are going to have trouble down here; the Word of God makes that very clear. Paul wants the Thessalonians to stand for the Lord in the midst of afflictions.
There are other passages of Scripture that teach this same truth. The Lord Jesus said, "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33). Tribulation is the trouble that all of us are going to have. There is no way around it. Yet the Lord Himself tells us to be of good cheer even in the midst of trouble.
If you are a believer, you are not going to escape trouble. To accept Christ does not mean to take out an insurance policy against suffering. The fact of the matter is that you will have trouble after you become a child of God, even if you haven't had any trouble before. He has never promised that we would miss the storm, but we will go through all the storms of life. What He does say very definitely and dogmatically is that He will go with us through the storms and that we will reach the harbor. Any boat that He is in will not go to the bottom of the Sea of Galilee but will reach the other side. You and I are in the process of going to the other side.
The time to be concerned is when there is no cloud in the sky, no ripple on the sea, and everything is smooth and nice. Then you might question your salvation. But if you are experiencing trouble down here, if the pressures and tensions of life are on you, then that is a sign that you are a child of God. This is the way God teaches us to rely on Him."
Pressing On Through The Storms With You,
Nancy Byrne
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