Count your trials a blessing!

Count your trials a blessing!
It is in and through your trials that your faith is grown to maturity.

Imagine having no trials.
What if all your bills are paid and some left over to spoil yourself,
happily married with kids,
everyone healthy,
perfect engaging job with the best boss and colleagues,
peace in your family and everyone gets along,
best of friends and no enemies…
What if everything was just perfect?

How strong will your faith really be? Will you have any at all?
It is in and through our trials our faith is refined!
But this will happen only if we turn to God.
If we try to fix everything ourselves, we are only lining up for greater failures…

And ofcourse it is in and through these trials, that we can give the best testimonies.
It is when the worst happens, and we still walk the walk of faith, that we make the most impact on the people around us.
It after the victory that we give our best and highest praise and testimony of how God came through for us, that our impact is best.
It is when Christ is made perfect in our weakness, that our faith shines the brightest!

And it is through these trials , that we come to know and trust Him in a way we previously had not.
It is then that He becomes precious to us, and intimacy develops.

So again, count your trials a blessing!
It is in and through your trials that your faith is grown to maturity…