I'm pretty sure we can all agree that we don't like to struggle and we don't like to face trials. If we had a choice (and we don't) we would skip all the hard parts of life and just go from victory to victory. Wouldn't life be great if we always lived on the mountain tops and never in the valleys or deserts?
But that is most certainly not the reality of life. There are parts of this life that are less than pleasant that we must endure through. Because it is in those trials that God changes us to be the person he designed us to be. I would dare say that the journey is almost more important than the destination. Because in the journey is where we are changed to be like God, changed to be the person necessary to walk in the victory on the other side. So that God gets the glory and not us. So God's plans are made perfect in us.
So I am learning that instead of praying for the victory over my trials (which will certainly come according to God's promises for his children) to pray for strength for the journey. Because that, too, God has promised to provide. Not that the struggles get easier, but that I can stand up under them, only by the strength of God. That I can learn to depend on, lean on, and trust in his perfect strength. Strength to stand. Strength to endure. Strength for the journey.
No comments:
Post a Comment