It can be a tedious task, more like a burden to carry around things from the past. It’s even more tiresome when they are things in which we have no control over. Sometimes we can be our worst enemy by refusing or putting off those things which we know we should be doing. One thing about God that I find so powerful is that either we’ll do what He tells us to do now or we’ll have to do it later….but we will have to do it. “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it,” Isaiah 55:11, KJV.
Life is meant to be enjoyed, not endured. I understand that many are born with defects and some face extraordinary challenges, yet in everything we must praise the Lord. “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience,” James 1:2-3, KJV. We’ve all heard the catch phrase, “Everything happens for a reason,” and I do believe that is true. What many of us fail to ponder further is what that reasoning is. Many assume that it’s because God wants it to happen or that it’s all God’s doing when we go through trials. But can we take responsibility for our own actions?
“Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning,” James 1:13-17, KJV.
God will not tempt us, although He may allow certain things to happen. “If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy,” 1 Peter 4:11-13, KJV.
Yes, there are instances in the Old Testament when God sent plagues onto people, but that was for those practicing in disobedience. So, when we go through we must ask ourselves, “Am I doing what the Lord told me to do?”
Additional Reference: Revelation 2:9-10
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