Honestly, I’m not even sure how to start this
post, or how to explain the millions of thoughts rushing through my mind. Earlier
today, God reminded me of a message He gave months ago for a sermon and it was
titled, Can God trust you?
Most times when we think about God trusting
us, we think about blessings and things that appear “good” to us. But when He
spoke it wasn’t about trusting me with the sunshine because almost anyone would
say yes to things that look good, but about trusting me with the storms. Philippians
1:29 reminds us that we are not only privileged to trust God but to also suffer
on His behalf.
Let’s be real, the very first time we gave
our lives to Jesus I don’t think we fully understood or counted the cost. Most didn’t
know that when the bible says to carry our cross it
wasn’t just an artistic expression but a fact that requires physical action.
So when the bible talks about suffering it’s not a light matter. And the
question is that how many of us view it as a privilege?
There’s suffering that comes as a result of
sin and one that comes as a result of relationship. The bible tells us that the
righteous will have many troubles but God will deliver them from every single
one (Psalms 34:19). Look at Job for example,
“And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away
from evil?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on
every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have
increased in the land.” (Job 1:8-10, ESV)
It wasn’t because he was in sin that the
devil got access to him rather because God trusted him enough to allow his
faith to be tried and tested. If God knew Job didn’t have what it would take to
pass through that valley then He wouldn’t have given the devil access. If Job
couldn’t handle it and God still let him go though it then God would have gone
against His word that says He will not let us be tried more than we can bear.
So for everyone out there who believes and is
wondering where God is because you are trying to live right but yet trouble is
hitting on every side; He is still with you!
What if God is in heaven bragging about you
to the devil saying “No matter what you do, I am confident that My child will
not bow down to you”
Chapter after chapter Job cried out and God
did not say a word, but we must trust His silence as deeply as we trust His word.
The silence does not change His thoughts towards us, so don’t let what should
make you better make you bitter instead. If someone told Job that he would live
to see brighter days after all he endured I’m sure he would have laughed in
their face. But he did and so can you.
Can God trust you with the storms? Can He
trust us to stay even when it pours, I mean pours heavily and we are soaked
with issues after issues?
Do we want all of Him or just the parts that
make us feel great? Will we stand confident and boast of His love even when He
slays?
David said that even though he walks though
the valley of the shadow of death, he will fear no evil because God is with
Him. The same God that was with him in that valley is with us and in the times
where we cannot “feel” Him, then we must know that He is. Some days might appear
better than others but we will not die in the valley, rather we will gain a
greater confidence in God. The kind of confidence that caused God to trust us with
these mountains even though they look great, because He is certain that He that
is in us is greater!
After Job’s faith was proven, God got the glory
and the enemy was shamed. The only way the darkness can overcome the light is
if the light chooses to give way to the darkness.
Can He trust you with the storm?
Prayer: Father help
me! It’s not by might or power, so please help me allow Your Spirit to empower
me to move through this situation. Help me to trust You enough to walk me
through the storms of life without a doubt. May my faith come forth and the
enemy be put to shame in my life. I declare that I will live and not die! I
declare that I will trust You even when I can’t feel you. I will not be bitter,
but I will get better in Jesus name, amen!
