Are You Faithful?

Ever been in a situation where you feel like saying "God, where are you? Where is my blessing? Where is the good thing that you promised? What have I done wrong? Where did I miss up? What did I do to make you mad or upset?"

Well here's the thing... God's timing is never off. In fact it's always perfect. We're the ones who are off. We are the ones who need our timing to be readjusted. When we think that something is supposed to happen at a specific time or in a specific place, we often are going off of what we know from the world around us. But what we aren't thinking about is that timing isn't controlled by the world around us, and instead it is controlled by the grace of God. That grace of God is perfect and complete, lacking nothing. It lacks no good thing. 

So when we are faced with a trial or tribulation, we must look higher to the one who creates the earth and holds it in his hands. First of all, what a powerful image. Just picture God holding the world in his hand. I can hold a tennis ball in my hand. Not the earth where 7 billion people live. That's crazy. 

Secondly, James 1:2-4 says "Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, lacking nothing." 

Facing troubles isn't about becoming bitter or thinking the world or God is out to get you. It's an call to be glad that you are given the opportunity to become more in tune with God. If you place your eyes on God through the trial, He will refine you from a rock into a diamond. Come on, who doesn't want to be like a beautiful diamond?

But seriously, trust God. Trust that He will come through for you. Trust that He wants good things for you life. Trust that he will never fail you, even if what is happening isn't what or how you planned. Trust that no good thing will be withheld. Trust that God can and God will.

Are you willing to be faithful? Are you willing to stick with God through the trials and through the attacks? Are you willing to trust that even though you can't see it, that it doesn't mean there isn't good in the situation? Are you not only willing, but ready to do all of this? 

If you are, and even if you're not, pray through it. I love that phrase because it doesn't just mean "pray about it one and done and hope for the best". It means "pray over and over and over again until you see either a change in your situation or a change in your attitude and your heart".