Funny how God can bring events together in your life to remind you that He is in total control, all we have to do is trust in Him. Ever since I became a deacon last year, my faith has been tested with one thing right after the other. I’m not referring to I stubbed my toe today or a bad hair day”or in my case a bad no-hair day. What I mean is earth shaking, kick me in the gut trials. This has been ongoing for the past year and does not appear to let up anytime soon. At first I failed miserably. Instead of trusting in God I was angry and hurt. But as I began to pray, think and spend a lot of time in God’s Word I started seeing the grace of God being poured on me and I started trusting in Him more and more.
I’m still going through trials. I’ve been in one for the past month but God is really giving me grace to walk through this valley with a smile on my face. It’s been awesome to say the least. The Louie Giglio Indescribable and How Great is Our God have given me a deeper understanding of just how big God is and how small and insignificant I am compared to Him. Not only that, but I’m a worm of a sinner. Sounds great right? Feeling the love? Well the great part is that despite my daily failures, and I do mean daily, God still loves me. It makes me think of how much I love my wife and children and I would do anything I could for them. God loves me infinitely more! I can’t imagine how much that is but I’m seeing it lived out in my life. There is some things in my current situation that I just dread but in the same sense it’s all okay because God is so much bigger and His grace is sufficient and has been sufficient!
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
(2Corinthians 12:9 ESV)
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
(2Corinthians 12:10 ESV)
There’s beauty in trials. That beauty is in the power of Christ. He gives us the grace to carry on.
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Brother this was awsome. When we realize how insignificant we really are is when God can use us the most. Divine discipline is a beautiful work of art. When Moses was in the wilderness, God said “ok, now i can shape him” It almost makes you welcome trials because you know something awsome is being mixed up and the outcome is going to blow your mind!!