Struggle is real but when you let go and let God, you’ll get your victory.
It is true that you can’t be strong in smooth sailing ship, but in the midst of the storm.
When something unexpected happen, you’ll react base on your heart’s condition or the amount of faith you have.
Every trials are not new, it might be unique in a sense that not everybody are experiencing it at the same time with you. But every one has his or her story to tell. You can NOT tell that your struggle is greater than others or vice versa.
It is when we are very comfortable for a long time and we’re used to sit on an easy chair that when a challenge suddenly struck us, we’ll be shocked or will panicked or even get bitter.
Then you’re wondering why you reacted that way when it is already a familiar situation. You remembered how you reacted the first time or second time you experienced it. You just prayed and surrendered it all to God. You remembered the burden you had got lighter though the situation did not get better. But there was a change in your personality—-you became more grateful, joyful, gentle, had quietness in spirit, and your spiritual man became stronger. You celebrated and rejoiced that God’s fighting your battle!
Yet, how come this time, your reaction to this circumstance change? Have you forgotten how you handle it before? Have you forgotten God’s promises? Have you forgotten how God helped you with it?
You’re using your logical reasoning saying, “Well, it is easy for you to give advice because you are not in my shoe. You don’t understand me and my struggles because you are not experiencing it…How could a man in his right mind be happy if he has a problem? And why would God allow this thing to happen?” — Are you familiar with these lines from your mouth or from others, or maybe you’ve heard it from movies…? Believe me, it came out from my mouth, too.
Everything that happen under the sun is not new. Your struggles are even experienced by Jesus himself when He was in this world.
When our emotion is badly wounded, our minds get confused, our ability to make choices get dull and not helping us get better. That is why the advice of others doesn’t make sense if it doesn’t coincide with our emotion. We’ll only listen to what we want to listen. We want to justify that what we feel is real. We want to validate that our negative reaction to our negative circumstances is just right.
Have you come to the point of blaming God for your bad situation thinking that every single thing is against you?
I did. I felt that God left me. I questioned Him why letting the bad situation happen. I got frustrated, crying, had self-pity and low self-esteem, hopeless…
My mom corrected me telling me, “I thought you are already spiritually mature yet for this one problem that you already encountered many times, you blame God? This is just a trial. And this is NOT new to you. Remember, you usually just laughed at this…but home come now? Are you not afraid of God. Repent now. Remember how good God is to you. You are not abandoned. God just allow it to test your faith. Or maybe, you are not in line with God. You might have hidden sin that He is dealing you now with that.”
I realized every words my mom uttered makes sense.
I am not to the point of dying yet for the loads I am carrying. It is our mind that we have to renew day by day. So, whether our situation is good or bad, it is our reaction that matters and make a difference.
Nevertheless, when I learned to surrender my struggle to God, peace just came to my heart. I felt the relief saying, “Whether this will be fixed today or not, I just surrender it all to you Lord Jesus, the battle is Yours.”
I realized the real struggle is not about my situation or what I have or not have. My greatest enemy is myself. The greatest struggle is within me, deep down inside. Hadn’t a difficult situation arise, I would not know another side of me. I wouldn’t realize I was just too relax for a long time depending so much of my capability. TOO RELAX …. it is called COMPLACENCY. It is equal to NOT praying anymore because you didn’t face difficulties.
I believe God is really just shaking every thing that needs to be shaken so everything that can not be shaken shall remain. Our career might be shaken, but if our faith is not rooted in our career or to anything else, but on JESUS, we will not be shaken.
To God be the glory!
🔰1 Corinthians 10:13-14
[13]For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place)
🔰Hebrews 12:1-2, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
🔰1 Peter 2:18-25
18 Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. 20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”[a]
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”25 For “you were like sheep going astray,”[b] but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
🔰 1 Peter 1:6-9, “In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
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