My Trials

James 1:2-7 NLT

(2) Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.
(3) For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.
(4) So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
(5) If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and He will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
(6) But when you ask Him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
(7) Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

We know that by loving God we are compelled to tell others what He has done for us but by doing this we set unaware a target on our backs. Yes the enemy of God is aiming at you Christian for the purpose of hurting God but God has made a way of escape and has not forgotten you. Though we cannot always see it, a door has been opened but before we reach that door we must fight off the snares of the enemy of God. Giving in to selfish desires only prolongs our deliverance but even still the Holy Spirit within us calls us forward, not just for our own good but for the glory of God. Be not dismayed when you stumble but be reminded of who you serve. For if you serve self surely you will die in your sin but if you serve God and do not doubt you cannot lose. Therefore, we are to count all trials as opportunities for great joy knowing that God is near and will not leave us! Walking with God is not always easy Matthew 7:13 Jesus said this, “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.” (NLT). So be determined not to let go of the unseen hand of God for He has promised not to leave you or forsake you. Though we walk through darkness morning is coming and His light will consume all the land. Do not be found serving self when His light shines upon you but carry His light within you so even now in this present darkness the ember of God continues to spread around the world in preparation for that day when Jesus returns.