Monday, 20 December 2021
“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” – James 1:32-4
I am at a place in my life where I am reckoning that my personal trials were tailor made for me. They are just my size. Usually when I vent to people close to me about what I am going through they never seem to understand, or they never respond the way I need them to or say what I need them to say. But how can they? How can they know, how can they understand? They have their own issues that baffle them, what more someone else’s issues? And the truth is, I know what the Holy Spirit has told me in the midst of my trouble, and they don’t. I know if He has told me to be still and know, to endure it, to pray over it or to forget about it, and usually we don’t share these details when we vent. This test, this trial is school for me. Without it I am not growing in faith, I am not going anywhere. It is not trouble, I am not in trouble, things are not going “bad” for me. No, I am a Christian, trouble’s a requirement, otherwise I am just talking shop, I can’t prove any of the things I profess.
‘For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.” II Chronicles 16:9a. This whole thing is a set up. Our forerunner (Hebrews 6:20) has already gone ahead of us and done all the heavy lifting, in fact He finished the work. He has given us the manual and the Spirit Guide, all we have do is follow the proof text. Follow the map, follow the instructions. Keep and uphold all the counsel of the Word of God, this is where it is at. I am not at a disadvantage because of the obstacles I am faced with, I can never be disadvantaged. God’s eye is on me, to help and strengthen me. I am not alone. I need to see things properly, what looks like job loss, barrenness, loneliness, financial lack, pain and illness, isn’t how it looks, I am a Christian, all these are a testing of my faith, question is will I keep the faith?
Follow the map, follow the instructions. Keep and uphold all the counsel of the Word of God, this is where it is at
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