Trials
3 Praise be
to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he
has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These
have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth
than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in
praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though
you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him
now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and
glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:3-9
Trials
come and when they come it almost seems as they come in waves. Not
little, small trials that we can easily overcome ourselves, but trials
that are large and expansive and test our true faith in God. When
reading this scripture this week it reminded me of how often we try to
push through a trial with leaning into God and His great power. I look
at these trials and wonder why so many, why all at once, and why do we
have to go through these things. This scripture reminded me of why we
cannot look to ourselves to overcome these things, and why God does
allow trials to take place. "Genuineness of Faith". How many of us say,
yeah I have faith but try to fix things by yourself? How many of us
genuinely believe God can take care of it all, or think that I am only
one person in a very large world. If we think these things, we don't
have genuine faith because God is big and He allowed His son to die on
the cross for our sins. Our God who allows us to have is trials big
enough and cares enough to help us through our trials so that His Glory
can be revealed. However don't sit idle, but act on what God wants you
to do.
Have a great weekend.
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