TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS, AND ALL AROUND BAD THINGS - Sandy Hook
16/01/13 15:52
Sometimes we may wonder why some things happen. What is going on, how can it be allowed? A prime example is with the most recent shootings of the children in Connecticut.
Sometimes things come upon us because of things we’ve done, in our past hopefully. Proverbs, along with much of the rest of the Bible, warns us of consequences for things done; both good and bad. We would hope that the good consequences for good things done would spark understanding and a desire to continue in these good things. Sometimes we make mistakes, and with them comes the consequences which typically are not so pleasant. It’s through these times we can learn humility within ourselves and grow from it (Proverbs 15:33).
Sometimes these times come not for what we have done; but we need these tough times for our own growth. The best teacher of life is life itself. For strength, we must ask for heaviness, for patience and persistence, we ask for tribulation (Romans 5:3, 12:12). Remember this, the next time you pray for patience. For a prayer for patience is a prayer for tribulation; yet maybe we need to use the tribulation we are already in to teach us this good work hear and now.
Sometimes what we may be going through is for the growth of someone else. When people see how we respond to the pressure given us in life, when we respond in the Christ like manner we should, they start to see what we talk, manifested in our life. When they see, faith grows. As when the disciples saw Peter walk on water, then Christ saved him from his fall and calm the storm, they surely believed (Matt 14:22-33). In our fall, it's when they see Christ save us, and calm the storm in our life, that they believe. As with the imprisonment of Paul and Silas, some may be saved.
We morned for these little children who died so suddenly and so horribly. Yet we know that they will never have to live a life of trials and temptation. They will never have to deal with peer pressure, drugs, divorce, and the likes. Yes, they will miss the many good things this life has to offer; yet the good in this life is absolutely nothing in comparison to that which they are guaranteed at the young age which they perished. For, from here, the next thing they know is the glory of Heaven; they did not loose their life but rather gained it. We should not morn for them, but be joyful in their triumph.
It is the families and friends to which we morn, for they are the ones that lost; they are the ones that must remain to morn. Why must this be? Growth, whether for themselves or others, or even both. What am I saying, God took these children? Absolutely not. It is satan who comes to steal kill and destroy; God comes to give life (John 10:10). The evil worked was by satan but through all things, God works for good (Romans 8:28). When these times come, those directly involved must ask, “What good work can this accomplish in me and in those who are watching me, in how I respond from this?” We, as onlookers, must not shoot for hate or vengeance, pointing fingers or blame, but rather pray that through this horrible time, the lesson needing to be learned is learned, in their, our, and others spiritual growth with God.
So stand fast in what God teaches through these trials in life, and let grace do a good work though you.
Sometimes things come upon us because of things we’ve done, in our past hopefully. Proverbs, along with much of the rest of the Bible, warns us of consequences for things done; both good and bad. We would hope that the good consequences for good things done would spark understanding and a desire to continue in these good things. Sometimes we make mistakes, and with them comes the consequences which typically are not so pleasant. It’s through these times we can learn humility within ourselves and grow from it (Proverbs 15:33).
Sometimes these times come not for what we have done; but we need these tough times for our own growth. The best teacher of life is life itself. For strength, we must ask for heaviness, for patience and persistence, we ask for tribulation (Romans 5:3, 12:12). Remember this, the next time you pray for patience. For a prayer for patience is a prayer for tribulation; yet maybe we need to use the tribulation we are already in to teach us this good work hear and now.
Sometimes what we may be going through is for the growth of someone else. When people see how we respond to the pressure given us in life, when we respond in the Christ like manner we should, they start to see what we talk, manifested in our life. When they see, faith grows. As when the disciples saw Peter walk on water, then Christ saved him from his fall and calm the storm, they surely believed (Matt 14:22-33). In our fall, it's when they see Christ save us, and calm the storm in our life, that they believe. As with the imprisonment of Paul and Silas, some may be saved.
We morned for these little children who died so suddenly and so horribly. Yet we know that they will never have to live a life of trials and temptation. They will never have to deal with peer pressure, drugs, divorce, and the likes. Yes, they will miss the many good things this life has to offer; yet the good in this life is absolutely nothing in comparison to that which they are guaranteed at the young age which they perished. For, from here, the next thing they know is the glory of Heaven; they did not loose their life but rather gained it. We should not morn for them, but be joyful in their triumph.
It is the families and friends to which we morn, for they are the ones that lost; they are the ones that must remain to morn. Why must this be? Growth, whether for themselves or others, or even both. What am I saying, God took these children? Absolutely not. It is satan who comes to steal kill and destroy; God comes to give life (John 10:10). The evil worked was by satan but through all things, God works for good (Romans 8:28). When these times come, those directly involved must ask, “What good work can this accomplish in me and in those who are watching me, in how I respond from this?” We, as onlookers, must not shoot for hate or vengeance, pointing fingers or blame, but rather pray that through this horrible time, the lesson needing to be learned is learned, in their, our, and others spiritual growth with God.
So stand fast in what God teaches through these trials in life, and let grace do a good work though you.
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