In life we are faced with the good, the bad and the ugly. The routine and the unexpected. Its just apart of well…life. There are challenges and some of those challenges seem like too much at times. So much that we think about just throwing in the towel when the pressure gets too high. But have you ever thought about how those challenges in your life can benefit you in the long run? Probably not, especially when your in the thick of it all.
Here’s something to think about, what if we embrace the troubles, embrace the hardships, even ball up our fists for a good fight. the bible says in Isaiah 41:10 ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you. Surely I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” As your going through a hard time in your life and if it may be lasting longer than you may like; know that God is with you and is making you strong and is helping you every step of the way. With your challenge strengthening your faith. (But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. – 2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
During the times when we are weak, God pours even more of his power, peace, strength, wisdom, etc, into us to ensure that we are victorious. We just need to trust in God and his methods and embrace the challenge he has set before us because its there to make us better and to show God’s power at work in our lives.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. – Psalm 28:7