I am reminded today that even
when in my heart I trust God and have faith in Him, I sometimes find myself
struggling when the truth seems inconvenient. It is easy to label an occurrence
as divine intervention when we experience something that we deem as good or
pleasant; yet when troubles or pain and suffering come, we question God about
such misfortunes that befall us. Experiencing difficulties in life is part of
God’s way of molding us into becoming the person who He intends for us to be.
When we begin to understand God’s nature, we begin to see clearly what is
happening and even when it’s hard to understand, we can trust that God will
enable us to be victorious even when we are in despair.
Just last Sunday, I learned that to be able to experience
God’s blessing, we must live inside the
triangle of God’s blessing through faith and obedience; not faith or obedience
– we must have that conviction that faith and obedience should work hand in
hand. There will be times when it’s hard to see that a great and loving God has
planned for the painful experiences we have to go through – that’s why it takes
a leap of faith to believe that all things work together for our good. Yes, there
will be days when our doubts and fears will cast a shadow of unbelief in our
selves, yet through our unseeing but believing heart, we know that we only need
to take that first step in obedience to God’s
leading and we can trust that He will carry us through.
We can entrust our future to God.
