Sure you would... me too ;-)
The struggle for most lies in the earnest desire to follow God completely vs. the fear of what might be behind the door of full surrender. Most of us desire to follow God, but few of us actually do it at any cost. Often times we prove in deed that we don't really believe God loves us to the degree that we are willing to give Him complete permission to do as He wills in us.
(Selah)
If we desire to fully walk with Christ, there is a cost. We may give intellectual assent and go along with His principles and do fine; however, if we are fully given over to Him and His will for our life, it will be a life that will have adversity. The Bible is clear that humans do not achieve "greatness", if you will, without having their sinful will broken. This process is designed to create a nature change in each of us, not just a habit change. The Bible calls it circumcision. Circumcision is painful, bloody, and personal.
How do you respond to adversity and trials? Do you like Paul see them as momentary and "light afflictions" that are achieving for you an eternal glory that's far greater in value and makes any tribulation worth passing through?
If God has plans to greatly use you in the lives of others, you can expect your trials to be even greater. Why? Because, like Joseph who went through greater trials than most patriarchs, your calling may have such responsibility that God cannot afford to entrust to you without ensuring your complete faithfulness to the call. He has much invested in you on behalf of others. He may want to speak through your life to a greater degree than through another. The events of your life would become the frame for the message He wants to speak through you.
Do not fear the path that God may lead you on. Embrace it. God may have to bring you down a path of pain in your life to ensure the reward of your inheritance. For "Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all" (2 Cor. 4:17)
2 comments:
I LOVE U BRO!!! You are such a blessing to those around you in more ways than you know. God has entrusted you with a gift that so many take lightly & very few engage with true diligence & endurance. So be encouraged & know that you & your fam is being lifted in our prayers always. Keep pushin for the sake of the Kingdom, keep fightin on for the whole truth of God's word & keep believin that even when you don't know God does. Be blessed & not stressed!!!
In Christ alone,
B
Dope word bro...and so true..The conforming process may seem tough at times, but I guess that's why the bible says trust is the only way to please GOD.... as Christ says, "my yoke is easy"...on the flip side, the way of the transgressor (no trust),is a beast!!
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