Anyone
God
is working with is 'righteous'. Why?.Romans
4:17 ".....God, who quickens the dead, and calls those things which
be not as though they were." Isaiah
46:10 "Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times
the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I
will do all my pleasure." Isaiah
64:8 "But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou
our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand."
David
had trials. Here David comments on his trusting of others:.Psalms
55:12-23. That is life here:.Matthew
5:45.
There are two reasons why
it is so difficult to trust others: One, because we do not know them and
the other, because we do!
Everyone seems normal until
you get to know them! Ha ha!.(*)
The premise most people
hold is that of distrust of others. Rather than accept things with openmindedness
that it is possible something is true, proceeding along until, or if, one
finds something not right, most maintain inaction so they do not have to
proceed with something perhaps new for them that may be of benefit. Many
spiritual persons have this worldly super cautious fearful attitude of
losing soemthing they feel they have gained, not
realizing all is from God.
A program was offered by
wealthy Christians to provide other Christians and similar good hearted
individuals the wherewithal to increase their ability to be of benefit
to others.–.deposit
being fully secured, the return (much higher than regular market) guaranteed.
One could even come with their lawyer, etc.. 9 out of 10 individuals having
heard of this opportunity deemed it 'too good to be true'. That did not
change the fact that it was indeed true. Unfortunately those missing out
preferred instead to not pursue that which could help others and themselves
and their families too:.Luke
19:12-26;
Luke 16:10-13;
John
10:25-27.
Both David and Joseph had
long continuous trials; David
because he decided wrongly, and Joseph
because he wouldn't decide wrongly. Trials are necessary in everyone's
life. Trials work character. David failed his 'test', but 'passed' because
he realized how great God's forgiveness is. He learned about God's character.
David trusted God, but allowed
his passions to cause an awareness of God's closeness to drift away.
Joseph passed his test because he was resolute
in trusting God. He had learned to trust God no matter the surrounding
circumstances. No matter how hard we try, no one escapes life's trials
and tests until he dies.
But for spiritual persons
of love, trials can be hard to take. Those who have love motivation, which
is deepening as they go along in life, are promised
blessings, Often in their trials they fail to see the 'blessings',
not realizing how important character development is
Why did this have to happen
to me, many ask? I mean, aren't we 'serving the Lord'? Aren't we 'His chosen
at
this time'? Good question!
Why?
Doesn't He hear prayers for
relief? If He relieved us every time we contribute to our own problems,
He would not a Being concerned with character development, so important
for eternal life:.1Peter
2:20; 5:10;
2Timothy
2:12. He is looking out for your future, even though you may not, at
this time, be able to see beyond the present.
He is able to alleviate
all problems in our lives immediately, but whether He chooses to is another
question:.2Corinthians
9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that
you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to
every good work."
Trials are necessary if you
want a great reward in the real life (a life far more vibrant, exciting
and rewarding than this one could ever hope to be:.2Corinthians
4:14,16-18. But God promises that nothing will come along that you
cannot handle, even though you think that you might not be able
to handle it:.Romans
8:28; 1Corinthians 10:13;
Philippians
2:27. Belief in the power of Christ's loving nature in you, is the
key to getting through tough times:.2Corinthians
1:3-5. Trials are relative only to one's perception of the difficulty.
To the hopeful, trials are promise of balance. To
the discouraged, an omen.
Trials are for learning a
way we may be following is not working, and for learning that overall,
God is in control:.Matthew
10:29,30; Hebrews 12:8,10-15;.Daniel
4:25 "..... till you know that the most High
rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever he will.".Then
there is no reason to worry. And God
greatly responds to attitudes. Good attitudes in the majority bring better
governments.
Trials are to produce patience
and perfection unto holiness, so that we are
fully formed (Galatians 4:19) into
the image that God sees us as; that of being holy, righteous
and perfect.
Many
of us are not patient with the Infinite One. Waiting on God requires
patience, but we often just 'jump right in' to what we think is an answer:.Luke
21:19 "In your patience possess ye your souls." James
1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect
and entire, wanting nothing."
The Infinite One is often
guiding you to just stay where you presently may be in order for you to
fulfil some spiritual work that is necessary, for you and/or for others.
But you are frustrated in life because you want something else. This tells
you that you are out of alignment with God (the way of love for all) at
the time, and are steeped
within frustration.
The more love
one expresses by acts of compassion, concern,
consideration, etc., the less trials will
come along.
Many people in this fast
paced age are hasty
in what they do, causing many problems for themselves:.Proverbs
14:29; 21:5; 28:20;
29:20;
Ecclesiastes
5:2; 7:9. Take driving for
instance: Many people drive as though tomorrow is not worth waiting for!
Fast, reckless driving leads to slow, soft music!
Carl
Jung said, "Hurry is not of the devil. It is the devil." Jung held
that once one finds his divinely destined marriage with his true self,
his soul, it is a defeat for what has been causing all our problems - the
ego. Jung called this, reconciling the great divide within, the divide
between the soul and its connection to the universal intelligent energy
we can all use, and the ego, what we work with by default
in the absence of connection to the
higher consciousness of the soul.
He called this 'marriage'
synchronicity, that is the meaningful welding of inner and outer events.
Like Freud, Jung's mentor for six years, he believed the universe was causal
(every event is the effect of a prior event, first in the soul, then from
the invisible there it comes into the material world), which modern quantum
physics also adopts.
Trials are for finding out
your heart (your thoughts and the emotions
you may specifically have and your reactions to the variables of life we
all experience.
Trials are for learning to
believe only in Him, in whom are all answers for
us:.2Corinthians
2:14 "Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in
Christ....."
Notice that with all the
power Jesus had available to Him (Matthew
26:53) that He said that He would pray for His disciple Simon Peter
that his faith would not fail, not that He would pray that Satan would
be kept from macho
man Simon Peter:.Luke
22:31-34 "And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired
to have you that he may sift you as wheat; But I have prayed for thee that
thy faith fail not; and when thou art converted,
strengthen thy brethren.
And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee both into prison
and to death. And he said, I tell thee Peter,
the cock shall not crow this day before that thou shalt thrice deny that
thou knowest me."
The books of the Bible and
here, the Book of Luke in the New
Testament in the Bible tells us
much is required from him who has been given much. If you have trials in
your life, know that the Engineer (Ephesians
2:10) has determined that you can take them and come up smiling, with
His help.
Luke
12:48 ".....for unto whomsoever much is given, of him much is
required....."
Hebrews
13:5 ".....for he has said, I
will never leave you, nor forsake you."
Isaiah
41:17 "When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their
tongue faileth for thirst; I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel
will not forsake them."
Philippians
1:6 "Being confident of
this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform
it until the day of Jesus Christ."
1Corinthians
10:13 "There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man,
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you
are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that
you may be able to bear.(or
'endure').it."....continues
