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God always has a next step for
us to take in order to grow.
Trials and tribulations are inevitable...
they are an unavoidable part of life.
James did not say...
“If we encounter problems consider it joy,”
but...
“When we encounter problems
consider it joy."
For the most part, adversity gets our attention.
In light of what Christ did for us by providing
redemption, the difficulties we face in life take
on new significance. They are a means by
which God works in our lives to accomplish His
Will: to shape us so that we reflect the character
of Christ.
issues and pressures that are too large for us to
handle. God gets our attention in this way.
Indeed, the problems we are experiencing have
a purpose. We are not traversing the desert or
wilderness in vain. It is during those experiences
in the barren desert and wilderness... God is
doing something in us, with us, and for us.
Trials teach us valuable life lessons.We may
be unable to control our trials and tribulations,
but we can learn from them.The Scriptures tell
us to remember that God is sovereign, even
over our adversities.
Ecclesiastes 7:14
Paul admits to having a problem with pride and
admits that God was justified in dealing with
him to correct his issues.
Paul's honest guilty plea lightened his suffering,
allowing him to say, "Therefore I am well content
with weaknesses, insults, sufferings, persecutions,
and struggles for Christ's sake; for when I am weak,
then I am strong."
Despite all of life's trials and tribulations... Paul
accepted that such weakness in his life was
exactly what was needed. It is what pushes Paul's
earthly self aside, allowing Christ's strength to
do what God has called Paul to do.
Believers must have the most faith in God in
areas of their lives where they are weakest.
God's power is never more compelling than when
human reasoning yields no solution to the problem
at hand. In the same seemingly counterintuitive
way, believers who trust God are most powerful
when they have the least amount of self-reliance.
God can do far more than we could ever ask
or imagine. This is what encourages us to go to
God with great faith, knowing that God can do
whatever God wishes... He does it... not by
pushing us around, but by working powerfully
and gently within us.
May we deal with adversity with Joy.
God's ultimate goal for us... is for us to become
more and more like His Son.
Romans 8:29
Whatever our circumstances are... God can
make everything work for our good and benefit.
When we can see God's hand at work in our
trials and tribulations, we can be empowered
rather than impaled by them.
We have the ability to become victorious
rather than victims.We can find peace and joy
in knowing that... everything works together
for our good.
Romans 8:28
Romans 8:28
Even in the midst of it all, God
has the power to turn our entire
world around.
God's power and strength are greater than anything we
might see as an obstacle, barrier, gridlock, impediment,
interference, or hindrance to the fulfillment of our needs
or desires!
We all fail, from time to time, but how do we
react when difficulty and failure comes?
Do we become discouraged and give up, or do we
pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and try again?
Trying is the most important
feature of growth.
When we fail... all we should take with us is the
experience and knowledge of what happened...
learn from it... and then move on.
God is exceedingly ingenious in how He orchestrates
things in order for all things to work together for our
spiritual maturity.
Adversity, trials, tribulations, and suffering have
the power to shape us more than anything else.
Strength of character is formed through adversity.
It is like a fertile ground for the mind, body, and
soul. It has the potential to stimulate tremendous
growth and bring out the very best in us.
When we face a crisis, trust... there is nothing
God cannot do. God will certainly help, heal,
protect, and uphold us, bringing us through
whatever trial we face.
God permits some things to happen. Every adversity
in our lives serves a purpose for God. Nothing happens
in God's universe by chance, accident, or without
God’s approval or purpose.
God allows things to happen for a reason.
God doesn't always prevent tragedy, but His
grace is always sufficient to see us through it.
The created will never fully comprehend our
Creator's wisdom, but we must trust God's
Will in every way.
It's virtually impossible to go through life
without encountering pain, difficulties,
inconveniences, rough patches, and hardships.
Trouble exposes our weaknesses
and flaws and prompts us to rely
on God.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,
in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses
for Christ’s sake:
for when I am weak, then am I strong.”
II Corinthians 12:7–10
When those grueling, out-of-control challenges
enter our lives, we may find ourselves perplexed
and completely unable to comprehend why these
things are happening. The enemy is bitter,
angry. jealous, and malicious, and he is well-known
for using adverse situations and conditions to attack
and undermine our faith and conviction. He is
constantly on the lookout for someone to devour.
He wishes to make the believer's life miserable. He
wants to rob us of our faith, joy, productivity, and
peace of mind.
Satan, in actuality, does not want to see any of us
walking in our callings, seeking, praising, or
worshiping God. He slithers on the fast track of the
mind, casting doubts and questions about God's
grace and our faith.
He will even try to persuade the Believer that they
are not a true believer. The devil is a liar! His
intention is to end our lives.
He wants to divert our attention, hurt us, make us
doubtful, weak, deceive us, devastate us, discourage
us, and cause us to become anxious and angry. He
wants Believers to miss out on everything God
has in store for us... He is an evil monster!
The Scriptures warns us to stay alert,
awake and watchful.
God is perfectly able to carry out anything whatsoever to a
bountiful culmination without the possibility of
imperfection or failure. All of creation is under God's
control, and anything under God's control... is ever out
of reach or control.
Adversity is a call to re-evaluate our priorities,
motivate us to have a closer walk with God, help
us to grow to be more like Jesus, and less like
our carnal-selves, in our daily lives.
We all carry around emotional baggage of some kind;
baggage that can bring with it uneasiness, nervousness,
fear, discomfort, hurt, guilt, regret, remorse, shame,
disgust, self-doubt, anxiety, unpredictability, fragility,
instability, insecurity, and the dreadful butterflies in
the stomach.
People can grow after a crisis. Many have proven
themselves to be more powerful than the opposing
forces. They managed to get to the other side of
adversity. More likely than not, they discovered
a part of themselves, as well as new paths and
purposes in life they did not know existed.
Highly challenging life crises can help us grow,
develop wisdom, find resilience, inner strength,
transform us in profoundly, fundamentally
positive ways, and help us lead deeper and more
meaningful lives.
Adversity is the catalyst for self-discovery and new
growth. People who have proven themselves to be
more powerful than the opposing forces and have
managed to get to the other side of adversity, more
likely than not, discovered a part of themselves
they did not know existed.
Adversity is designed to strengthen our faith. Every
step in life prepares us for the next one. We may not
realize it, but where we are now... is providing us
with vital life lessons for our next adventure.
We may not be where we want to be in life, just yet.
So, instead of becoming a slave to discomfort or
bitterness... let us try blooming where we have
been planted.
How we weather the storms of life shows what 
The rains, the winds, and the floods will come…
and there is no social scale of more godly
and less godly. In other words... no one escapes
the storms in life.
Through life's storms we can learn that…in our
own strength, we lack sufficient resources and
abilities to meet these challenges, but with God...
no matter what our trial or test may be... no
matter how severe or destructive the storm…
there is nothing big enough to prevent God
from accomplishing His will.
One of the most valuable results of adversity
is that through it we receive God’s comfort,
which we are then able to share with others
who face similar troubles.
God tests us to bring out the best in us.
May we seek to understand
the lessons God wants us to learn.
