Overcome

I was just thinking about all of the troubles we go through and about when we fall in our walk with God. I was trying to think of a different way to look at it all.

I started thinking about things that I'm going through, and wonder how I'm ever going to overcome it. I thought that I will with God, but that was a given. Randomly I remembered times in the past when I had really screwed up. Then I saw it, nomatter how hard I fell, nomatter how far I backslid or even how long, God was always there to catch me, to comfort me.

I thought about when I moved, that has got to be the hardest thing I've gone through in life. I was mad at my parents, my brothers, I was mad at God.

So now I think in these terms:

If God's gotten me through all of the mess that I got myself into before, allowing me to grow that much closer to Him and that much further in my walk with Him, showing me grace and forgiveness, then not only will I get through the current issues and 'mess' I'm dealing with now, but God will surely bring me closer to Him and further along in my walk with Him, teaching me the Love and forgiveness of which He has influenced me with, bringing me that much closer to holiness.

And if God has delivered me through the times in the past when I struggled with dedication and devotion, strengthening my faith and trust in Him, teaching me sacrifice, then SURELY He can deliver me now, making my faith even stronger, showing me to trust in Him unconditionally, teaching me sacrifice, bringing me that much closer to holiness.

There is a lesson in everything that we do.
Keep your eyes open on a daily basis for God's teaching.