JOY IN THE TRIALS

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Surprisingly, the verse of the day on my bible app was everything I needed to know this evening. I'm not sure if the selected verses are the same for everyone, personalised, or randomly generated, but if I am honest it is a rarity they are so applicable to my current circumstance.


(source: YouVersion bible app)

Trials happen, life gets hard sometimes. You can spend all the time in the world asking why and how God can be so good and let it get this bad. The bible tells us that through all the ups and downs, these truths will always hold:


1. GOD IS WITH YOU

No matter how far away He may feel he is working for your good.
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41:10 NIV‬‬

2. GOD KNOWS YOUR PAIN

When it feels like no one knows quite what you’re going through, God does. I love this verse, “the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans”. This is so much more than telling a friend what’s up, He knows when you can’t even manage the words.
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.”
Romans‬ ‭8:26-27‬ ‭NIV‬‬

3. YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD

(and He loves you so SO flipping much). He calls you his handiwork, his masterpiece!! The same hands that carved out the mountains and paints the sunset every night made YOU.
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭139:14‬ ‭NIV‬

Being a Christian isn’t an insurance policy against suffering, life happens. In the mean time we can hold on to everything that God says He is and count it as joy that He uses even our worst days to work in us and use us for His glory.

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