Then, the rubber meets the road. The question is; how are you going to act when the pressure is on.
Look at what God has done –When things are going along smoothly, when times are cruising, when the pay check is fat and things are running smooth, be happy. Its time to be happy.
When times are not so good, when the fridge is empty, the car is out of fuel, there’s no one to talk to, when you’re having your history laid out and the entire world is watching, consider this: God has everything in his control. He made the good times; and he is in control of the not so good times.
Fortunately for you, Jesus isn’t just a "good times only" savior. He’s with you not only when things are going well, but during your bad days also. When hard times hit you, he doesn’t disappear, saying, I’ll be back when you’ve got it all worked out, No he’s faithful and caring through every kind of season and every feeling you endure during your hard times.
So, how can God help you deal with those inevitable, really bad days? The answer may surprise you. “Be truly glad! There is wonderful joy ahead, even though it is necessary for you to endure many trials for a while. These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire purifies gold – and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold. So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. (1 Peter 1:6-7)
Be
truly glad while enduring a really bad day? You might be thinking that’s crazy?
Here are four crucial lessons that offer enduring hope:
1. Really bad days… must be endured but there is a promise of joy ahead.
2. Really bad days… strengthen your faith just as fire purifies gold.
3. Really bad days… in God’s eyes produce a tested faith that is more precious than gold.
4. Really bad days… will bring you much praise and glory and honor in heaven.
In your life your years of service to God don’t seem to matter near as much to Him as a tested faith that is strengthened and purified by your pain and struggle?
1. Really bad days… must be endured but there is a promise of joy ahead.
2. Really bad days… strengthen your faith just as fire purifies gold.
3. Really bad days… in God’s eyes produce a tested faith that is more precious than gold.
4. Really bad days… will bring you much praise and glory and honor in heaven.
In your life your years of service to God don’t seem to matter near as much to Him as a tested faith that is strengthened and purified by your pain and struggle?
In
other words, how you learn to cope with really bad days often shapes your
outlook on life and defines your relationship with God. How you overcome really
bad days represents your witness to the outside world.
You need to continually pursue a deeper relationship with God. The comfort is that in the end, the really bad days will all be forgotten as you relax in the praise and glory and honor in heaven. Although Bad Days Are Inevitable, They Should Become Fewer and Less Disturbing to you as You Grow In Your Knowledge Of Who You Are in Christ.
You need to continually pursue a deeper relationship with God. The comfort is that in the end, the really bad days will all be forgotten as you relax in the praise and glory and honor in heaven. Although Bad Days Are Inevitable, They Should Become Fewer and Less Disturbing to you as You Grow In Your Knowledge Of Who You Are in Christ.
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