Why does God put us through hard things?
It's easy to get so caught up in how impossible a situation feels that we forget the God who makes everything possible. God has reasons for allowing us to go through trials. What are you walking through that we can be praying about for you?
📖 Scripture:
• Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (James 1:2-4)
• 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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)
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Why God puts us through hard situations. Have you ever seen a movie where there's this football team doing exercises on the field and the coach tells one of the players get down on your hands and your feet kind of like a push-up. We're going to put another player on your back and you need to carry them as far as you can while crawling on your hands and your feet. And so they do this, it's really hard and they can only go a little bit. So then the coach says, I need you to do this and get to the 50-yard line. But then the guy says, I can only go 20, maybe 30 yards max. So then the coach blindfolds him so he can't see where he's going and just tells him to go. And what do you think happens? Not only does he pass 30 yards, not only does he pass 50 yards, but he goes the entire 100-yard length of the field, crushing what he thought was possible. My pastor once said it like this, if God put you in a situation, even if you weren't ready for it, even if you hate it with all your heart and you don't think you have what it takes to get through it, if God put you in it, God put it in you. That was Pastor Steven of Elevation Church, but the Bible also says, consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. So why does God put us through hard things? Is it to produce perseverance by growing our faith, realizing that even if we can't see where we're going, God can help us get further than we ever thought possible? Or is it because God said this, "My grace is sufficient for you. Grace is God giving us something we don't deserve, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Why would God put us through hard situations? What if it's because God wants to use you to make his power known to the world? So that when people ask, "How did you get through that?" you could say, "Wasn't me. That was all God. I didn't think I could do it and even though I didn't know how I was going to get through it, I believed God when he said, 'His power is made perfect in my weakness.'" If God put you in it, trust him to walk you through it. Let me know what that is so I can be praying for you today. God bless.