I asked God to show me what exactly He saw, when He allowed for me to be put through a trial. When He said, "Ok, I give permission to let Desmond be put through that trial; that situation," what did He see me doing way into the future?
I mean the Bible says that God will not put you through something that is beyond you; His grace is sufficient for you.
In other words, what God saw was probably me coming out victorious, praising Him and His sovereignty in the midst of the trial. And He had that faith in me, to rely on Him and not give in or up. And so He said, "Let it be done." And in His head He thinks at the same time, "Cos My kid will come through victorious. heh heh..."
Doesn't mean that what He saw will come to past. It can. And it would, if we don't give up and keep trusting Him to bring to past what He saw.
But trust me on this, sometimes it's so long and daunting, and we start to give up. I've got situations I'm seemingly stuck in, and it doesn't seem to get better. For one, my right hand is like... has some skin defect or something haha. it's cracking and it's spreading. It's so easy for me to ask, "Why God, why like that," and trust me, I have.
And these situations sometimes are so overwhelming and you're just at the end of your road. You fail and fail and fail a gazillion million times and you think this isn't a way a child of God is supposed to be.
At times like these, ask God what He saw. And perhaps you'd see Him say, "ok, put him/her through that period of trial. Let him have a slip in his health; let her lose her job; let his friends turn against him.
Because I see way ahead, and I see him coming out victorious. I see her praising My name. I see a promotion in the spiritual realm for them. Cause I see him failing, but I see him pressing on and keeping his trust in Me."
So this entry is for those out there who feel they have been abandoned; those who feel so guilty that they have abandoned God; those who have no strength to go on making the same mistakes over and over again...
God saw many possibilities that could arise out of your situation. But He chose to focus on the one where you came through victorious and overcoming, and because of that, He allowed you to be put through it. Choose to see that same one, and press on. As for myself, I'm gonna press on.
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Cor 12:9
"We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." Rom 8:37
God, glorify Yourself in our lives. Every part of it. Amen.
1 comment:
I found your post through google. I also have a post about What God Sees, and apparently several people are looking to know what that might be! So, I decided to check out other people's perspective.
Strangely enough, no one has left comments on either of our posts, yet I am sure mine has been hit at least a dozen times since I wrote it. Yours has been up longer than mine, so I'd think more people have read your post. So, here I am to make a comment!
For the most part I agree with what you say here. My problem is that I don't think God controls those trials or challenges we face. That would not be in His nature. I think we do that to ourselves.
Take your skin condition for example. God cannot give you a sickness; it is not in His nature. He is the Healer. Your skin condition is likely the result of some food allergy or imbalance in your body caused by poor nutrition or an absence of some essential nutrient. He wants you to be healed, whole, healthy, but until you discover what is missing and make changes it will not happen.
Am I saying God could not perform a miracle if you had the faith to believe for it? Not at all! But I think if you will consider God as a loving father, and think how you would treat your children, you might get a more clear perspective on challenges. I would never take away my child's livelihood to see if he would come out stronger.
Some would argue that He does things to mature us. In my opinion it is we who cause the problems and He is gracious enough to help us mature through them if we allow Him to do so. It is such a common mindset, even in believers, to think that God is up there pulling the strings and we are down here getting all tangled up in them. We are all looking to blame our problems on someone, and God gets the bad rap more than most!
Genesis 1:26 says that God gave man dominion over all the earth, and that dominion has never been revoked. Man sinned, man causes his own ills, yet we blame God when things go awry.
I am glad He is there to offer wisdom when we ask, so we can learn about what our role should be, and how we can avoid the snares the world has set for us.
Blessings to you today!
TM
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