I enjoy being in situations I can't handle.
okay maybe enjoy isn't the right word.
I have come to appreciate what those situations do with my walk with the Lord.
First, don't get me wrong, I am not saying I want a whole bunch of trials to flood my way, I'm just acknowledging the beauty of true dependence on the Lord.
Some people might be able to see that all the time, and to you people I applaud you. Truly, I seek to be like that one day. Unfortunately, I am human and with that comes a lot of junk I'd rather not admit.
I am a control
I like knowing everything
I can't handle letting go of situations.
^That shines a great light on me, right?
But it's the ugly truth so there it is.
In my everyday life I have a REALLY hard time letting Him take the wheel. Jesus actually becomes more like a backseat passenger, and some days I don't even want to let Him in the car.
So you can see why situations where I get knocked on my butt are good for me.
Jesus breaks us but in the most beautiful way.
Jesus does not break you as the world breaks you. He does it with love, compassion and gentleness.
whatever your stand is on "everything happens for a reason" is, i'm not here to argue it, the purpose of this was not to address that, but to address that I believe there are situations that the Lord allows in our life to make you truly depend on Him.
"We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." Romans 5:3-5
"For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them all as rubbish in order that I may gain Christ." Philippians 3:8
Maybe some of y'all are like me, and you need situations that are hard in our life to see that gaining Christ is the only thing that matters.
There have been times in my life where I truly believe He has ripped things away from me so that I could see Him, at the time it left me completely b r o k e n.
But it was through that brokenness that I found how to fall in love with Him, instead of the world.
So in the midst of trials there are only two choices really, and you get to decide..
Are you going to let the
"In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed." I Peter 1:6-7
The result of a finished trial is so much bigger than us.
As a follower of Christ you are His vessel, we must deny ourselves and follow Him through it all.
In the present moment it is difficult to see what is going on, or why, but the closer you cling to Him, you will see that your desire to know why begins to fade away.
Trust that His love for you is SO MUCH bigger than any trial, or issue you are facing.
