Jesus said, "In this world you
will have trials and tribulations, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome
the world." Our life here is not about how comfortable we can have
it. It is about how the Lord can mold and shape us to his image
through all we experience. It is about how we can learn to love and
serve the Lord, who loves us so much. It’s about His love shining
through us towards others and having a servant attitude.
The Lord gives us times of
enjoyment, rest and refreshment, but he also challenges us to grow in our faith
and he gives us seasons of challenges that stretch us to our limit and
beyond. It is in the beyond that we find Christ is our
sufficiency. He is the One that desires to strengthen and empower us
and fill us with His joy, so that others notice His presence within us.
Faith is revealed most powerfully
in our struggles. The world notices that we are different, when we are able to
surrender to God and allow the Holy Spirit to raise us above life’s
circumstances. And as we allow the Lord to sharpen and shape us
through our trials, the future hope that we have of our heavenly home in the
presence of Jesus, becomes all the more beautiful.
We are sojourners on this earth and
"in the presence of the Lord is joy and at His right hand are pleasures evermore." May
it be our desire to experience his presence and his joy here through our
struggles, as we wait for our faith to become sight and we see Him face to face
forever more.
❤ By Triss Curtis (8-17-18)
