What is really going on?
Have you ever asked this question while facing very troubling times? Has it ever been so tough that you ask yourself what is really going on?
I have asked this question many, numerous times and have in many cases not gotten any immediate answers. I wanted to write this blog to encourage any of you who may be going through this type of situation. Man is it frustrating when life happens at times. Thing after thing keeps happening andyou don’t know why. People around you are acting crazy for no apparent reason. The family is trippin and they are acting as if they are not truly family and more like strangers. From a spiritual perspective it seems like all hell has broken loose and you have no control over it. It seems like prayers are hitting closed heavens and bouncing back at you. You feel like you are the only one going through this hellish stuff and saying what is really going on?
Boy have I been there and I’m here to encourage any of you who are or have experienced this before. What I have come to realize is that I can only control my response to any and all situations I encounter. I have learned that truly what does not physically kill me makes me a stronger person. I have learned that the more I focus on my current situations and not the very bright future I’m entering my trials become very long. I have come to realize that God will never give us more then we are able to handle. I also realize that to all of us who have a lot to accomplish we will endure much. Last but certainly not least I realize more and more that I have a destiny and a purpose which must be fulfilled and this will never come without a challenge. What I have also learned over the years is that whenever I try to skip steps those stair cases seem to meet up with me in future challenges.
So with all of this I really don’t ask what is going on anymore. I don’t even ask God why he brings these challenges my way. I simply say to myself okay God what and opportunity for You to show up. I don’t try to escape it I realize that character is built through enduring opposition. Instead of focusing on my own situations and stuff I thank God for trusting me to come out of this thing stronger. I also realize that there is someone out there who may be facing an even tougher situation than I and it makes me appreciate what I am in at the moment.
Now with all of this said I never said it was easy. I don’t want to front like I have passed every test in my life because God knows I haven’t. What I will say however, is that I have grown from each and every situation trial, test, challenge, and hurtle that has ever been put in front of me. I have heard it said many times when life throws you lemons make lemon aid. I have also been told that there can never be a testimony without a test. I have learned to overcome by and through the victories I have won in life. I tell people to never pray for patience because you will go through something that will test your patience. Likewise I never ask things like what else can happen? or how much more of this do I have to go through? Because almost every time I have it seems like more has come my way. Instead what I do is take it on full and trust that God knows best and will bring me out of it.
Finally it is something to be said about the person who over comes very hard trials and situations. So the next time you are going through tuff times ask the question why not you and why not now? It is obvious that you are going through it for a purpose and reason that is not always clear at first but truly revealed in due season.
God bless you all.
D