Don't Ever Give Up!

Life is never easy and sometimes we will get a curve ball thrown our way. God doens't promise us we will not have trials, or suffer illness or tragedy in our lives. What He does promise is to be there and guide us through.

To be our comforter, and our ever present help. What happens while we are on earth is to prepare us for eternity with Him. When we can get our focus off ourselves, and off of the world attitude that it's all about ME and what I want, and where it belongs....on Him and His will for our lives, then and only then can we truly know the peace He promises us.

There are some believers out there who think if they are truly believers and truly listening to God nothing bad will happen in their life, that they will have riches on this earth and never face want or need. That if you just "name it can claim it" with true faith God will give you everything you want and you will have a life full of happiness. There is one little problem with that...it is NOT what the bible says.

When Jesus says He came to give us life and life more abundantly he was not talking about worldly possessions, or a trial free life. And if you have trials, or suffer illness, or struggle financially it does not mean you do not have enough faith.

In fact Jesus said, "33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”John 16:33

There are people who give up at the first sign of trial. Willing to make Christ their Lord and savior as long as having Christ as Savior gets them the "things" they want, if not it is not long before they walk away from their relationship with the Lord.

Jesus said "But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful." Matthew 13:21-23

The Lord is with us through everything. He promises to never leave us or forsake us, sometimes when you may feel He has left you, it was not Him who turned away!

His ways are not our ways, and He works how He works, the key is to trust Him no matter what is going on and no matter how circumstances may look. We must always remember what happens in this life is temporary, what counts is eternity. God is in control of all things, even if we do not believe or understand this fact. It's one reason why I say it so often. Knowing He is in control makes the trials and the hurts much easier to bear and get through. Knowing that no matter what it looks like or how I feel, My God is always there for me, loving me, forgiving me and giving me the strength to make it through anything!

Jesus is our rock, if we let Him be...so no matter what trail you are going through, no matter how confusing things that happen may be in our lives, we must always remember there is HOPE and through Christ we can do and handle anything...don't ever give up!!!

Remember just when you feel like giving up is usually the time when the miracle arrives...and as Job said, "Though He slay me yet will I trust Him."