For a while now, my relationship with Christ seems to be under constant strain and speculation. It has not been easy over this past year. Many things I still do not know their purpose of coming fourth but the Lord does, and you think that would be enough for me, but sometimes it isn't. I remember when I first came to the Lord back towards the end of summer in 2006. I had just turned 18 the week prior but for about a year prior to my conversion, the Lord really began drawing me nearer to Him.
Needless to say my life had been changing so much, nothing was for sure anymore, nothing except this new found love and relationship I had been called to solely by the grace and will of God alone. The journey since then has truly been a blessed one, but there have also been many challenges which brings me to the reason why I am making this post.
Have you ever had those times to where you have been so broken and experienced such a low, you can't even tell which way is up? Trials come out of nowhere and seem to last a lifetime, leaving you in utter turmoil and despair trying to think back and see which sin you have committed to possibly cause all of this. You pray and seek God but it seems as though there is a wall of brick and mortar between you and your prayers to the Lord. What happened to everything being as it was before? When everything was joyful and the knowledge and confidence of being consumed with Christs love was all you needed to get you through the day? The times where you were seeking any free time you had to slip away and be with Him. He was all that mattered.
Some say every high must reach a low, and every relationship has it's dull moments, but is that really to be the case for a believer? The bible tells us a few things about trials so that our faith won't fail when we encounter them. Let's review some facts and see what the word says concerning them. Trials: come often (James 1:2), under various circumstances (1 Peter 1:6), their purpose is to prove our faith and not cause us to lose our faith (1 Peter 1:7), they are to be expected (1 Thessalonians 3:3), God will deliver us from them all (2 Peter 2:9, Psalm 34:19) they cannot separate us from God's love (Romans 8:31-39).
One of the greatest weapons we have when facing a trial is to have our minds renewed and fixed on the word of God (Romans 12:2,Psalm 1, Isiah 26:3, Matthew 4:1-11, Ephesians 4:10-17). When we are focused on what his word says which is truth and free from blemish, it is far easier to not entertain the lies the enemy may throw at you to cause you to want to faint.
I hope this blog helps someone and it is my encouragement to you to keep your mind renewed according to the word of God, then you may prove what his perfect will is.
Needless to say my life had been changing so much, nothing was for sure anymore, nothing except this new found love and relationship I had been called to solely by the grace and will of God alone. The journey since then has truly been a blessed one, but there have also been many challenges which brings me to the reason why I am making this post.
Have you ever had those times to where you have been so broken and experienced such a low, you can't even tell which way is up? Trials come out of nowhere and seem to last a lifetime, leaving you in utter turmoil and despair trying to think back and see which sin you have committed to possibly cause all of this. You pray and seek God but it seems as though there is a wall of brick and mortar between you and your prayers to the Lord. What happened to everything being as it was before? When everything was joyful and the knowledge and confidence of being consumed with Christs love was all you needed to get you through the day? The times where you were seeking any free time you had to slip away and be with Him. He was all that mattered.
Some say every high must reach a low, and every relationship has it's dull moments, but is that really to be the case for a believer? The bible tells us a few things about trials so that our faith won't fail when we encounter them. Let's review some facts and see what the word says concerning them. Trials: come often (James 1:2), under various circumstances (1 Peter 1:6), their purpose is to prove our faith and not cause us to lose our faith (1 Peter 1:7), they are to be expected (1 Thessalonians 3:3), God will deliver us from them all (2 Peter 2:9, Psalm 34:19) they cannot separate us from God's love (Romans 8:31-39).
One of the greatest weapons we have when facing a trial is to have our minds renewed and fixed on the word of God (Romans 12:2,Psalm 1, Isiah 26:3, Matthew 4:1-11, Ephesians 4:10-17). When we are focused on what his word says which is truth and free from blemish, it is far easier to not entertain the lies the enemy may throw at you to cause you to want to faint.
I hope this blog helps someone and it is my encouragement to you to keep your mind renewed according to the word of God, then you may prove what his perfect will is.
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