Why me God?

Trials and tribulations are character building.
We should rejoice when we go through the rough seas.

 Have you heard this before? Maybe someone trying to help us go through a rough time in our life.

Did you hit them???

  I remember a time not so long ago for me, I would have wanted to. I was so closed minded to the things He was wanting me to see. I would introduce myself as Job from the Bible. I felt like I was God's personal whipping post. I look back on that person, the person who I used to be in the world and thank Jesus for always being there beside me even when I felt all alone.

  God does not want our life to be hard. God does not put stumbling blocks in front of us to trip over.

  Read the above again. If your a parent, do you put hazards in front of your child to teach them a lesson? Make life hard on them just to try to build their character? NO, we don't do those things. So why would our heavenly Father put us through those things? Why would Jesus, who gave His life, want to make our everyday difficult? He doesn't!

 So why must we go through these times?


   The enemy is always looking for ways to trip believers up and make us fall. The trials we go through do not come from God but from the enemy himself...satan. Satan wants us to fail, he is full of pride when we stumble. He laughs and has a party when we blame God for our misfortunes.

 Trials and tribulations build character.
 We should rejoice when we go through rough seas.


 2 Corinthians 12:9
   He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made stronger in that weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness so that Christ's power can rest in me.

From "The Message"

^7-10Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn't get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan's angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn't think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me, 

   My grace is enough; it's all you need. 
   My strength comes into its own in your weakness.
Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size—abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.


  So maybe your trials or tribulations are not really a limitation or handicap. Financial problem? Infidelity? Anger? You could be going through family problems, work/job issues. What ever the case God did not put them there to cause you to stumble and fall, the enemy did...so put the blame in the right direction. Satan be gone!
  The more we go through, the more we gain wisdom and experience. The higher the mountain we overcome the more powerful the testimony of Jesus's love for us.


  It is a battle out there, don't think that it isn't. We battle what the media says is ok, when we know in our hearts it is not. We battle gossip, envy and pride everyday. We can not win this battle alone! We must have Jesus in our heart. Without Him we would surely lose and fall to the dark side. 


 Romans 8:31 states if God be with us, who can stand against us?  NOBODY / Not a thing.


  As in any battle we must be prepared. Soldiers endure many weeks of bootcamp and then go thru advanced training before going into battle. We have to do the same!  How???


 Get into the Word! Build your close relationship with Jesus. Do this everyday. Pray! Remember praying is just a conversation between you and Jesus. 


  Want a place to start in the Word? Start with Romans 8! Go from there but be ready; Romans 8 is deep stuff. Remember WE ARE FORGIVEN.