2 Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy. 3 For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.
It feels like I've been going through a lot of stuff recently. To say I'm being stretched would be an understatement. Sure, there is victory as well, but with all of the arrows I've been dodging recently I'm beginning to feel like I'm the main protagonist of a blockbuster action movie.
So yesterday, I'm praying to God. "God, I need revelation for you, and it needs to be good because it's going on my blog." (Huge shout out by the way to my only subscriber at this point - you know who you are :)) And God speaks to me - James 1:4.
To be honest, it was a bit of an anticlimax because I've already got that verse memorised. But I diligently read the chapter just to make sure I'm not missing anything.
I think what God is trying to highlight is that with all of the stretching I'm going through, God is there. In fact, he might even have a hand in it. God is so committed to my development that he will let me be exposed to a variety of troubles just to get me to grow up. He must love me a lot...
Afterwards, I have another fragment of scripture going through my head - "so you may grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught" (Colossians 2:7). So there's definitely a theme.
It's always good to know that God knows what's going on and has a purpose in it.
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Hey man, sweet blog.
Good accountability tool, too I like it!
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