It’s easy to love God when things are going well. When the blessings come my way, when my
prayers are answered, when I’m feeling the “sun” shining down on me.
It’s easy to praise Him in those times. Easy to tell others to hang in there and that God has reasons for what He does.
It’s hard to praise
God when things aren’t going well. When the job is terminated, the finances
are a mess, and the bitter cold of the world seems to rest on your shoulders.
It’s harder to love Him when He seems so silent in answer to
your prayer request. When the blessings don’t come and when everything seems
hard. But that’s when our true
faith is able to shine. That’s when what
we really believe comes out. That’s when we grow.
I don’t just love God because of what He can do for me. I
love Him because of who I believe He is.
I don’t just praise God because all is right in my world. I
praise Him because of who He is.
He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He is the same whether I am blessed or whether I’m challenged. He is the same whether He answers me “yes” or “no.” My view of Him may change – but He does not change. I just can’t always see the reasoning or the full picture.
Ultimately, I trust God. I have faith in Him. I adore Him. I
trust Him even when my heart is aching and I wonder why the timing isn’t “now”
for what I’m seeking in life. I have faith in Him even when I don’t think
things are fair – for I know He wants what is best for me. Oh yes, I adore Him.
I adore Him even when life gets ugly.
I believe in my Lord
and Savior. And that – for me – trumps everything else I go through.
So it may be easy to love Him when thing are going well, but
it’s natural for me to still love Him when they aren’t. I just can’t live any other way.
2 comments:
your words are empowering and oh so true..I realized this after my father was shot and killed doe hunting 13 days before christmas..and many years later my Mom and Gram(his Mom) were joined in heaven the same day 10 hours apart!! the good Lord above allowed me find the man that killed my father after eight years of searching!!! Deb Y.
Deb -- I am so so terribly sorry for your losses. I can't even begin to understand the depths of your pain.
I pray that you will continue to see God's faithfulness not just as He brings you justice, but in many of your other battles and challenges as well.
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