It's a fact. Life is a trial that God equips you to handle. Everyday that you have a breath in you, there is a trial either in your future, in your present, or in your past. God's word is full of examples of people under trial from Job to David, from Abraham to Paul. Even in the church, there were trials and divisions. The one thing that Paul did not pray for was a backdoor out of their problems. He prayed that they would endure, that they would learn, and that they would understand. I have said this before and I will say it again, sometimes we are too busy worrying and complaining about the problem that we miss God and hearing His voice. Don't mistake your own mind complaining and doubting being God's voice. God will tell you of the problem and a way out of it. There is no negative feedback from God. In Proverbs, He tells us "there is life and death in the tongue..." God never promised the Christian that their bed would be full of roses. Even if they are full of roses, they have thorns. In John, Jesus warned "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble." Jesus also gave them a glimmer of hope, "But take heart! I have overcome the world." So what does God want us to do? Don't worry about it, He's got it covered. In Philippians 4, Paul wrote for Christians to not be anxious or worried but to pray. When you have a flat tire or even have a bad hair day, pray. Sara and I can remember the times when we had to stand on this word. In the first year of marriage I lost my job and began working in ministry, we had a vehicle that was unreliable at the time, we went broke more times on both hands in the eyes of the world, we lived in a horrible house with neighbors that had no respect for us because we were Christians, and we moved twice.
But in Matthew 6, Jesus told the people to "stop being perpetually worried" because it "adds no measure to your life." So worrying will add nothing but praying adds everything. We could have worried about the whole situations and we did for a short time but God really gave us a revelation on what was going on. How so? In John 16, Jesus told them to "ask and keep on asking...it will be given to you." Now, there is balance in your prayers and requests of God. God is not going to grant a request that does not align with the Word. I love how God began showing us our prayers answered. It wasn't always what we wanted but as we looked back, it was the best thing for us at that season. So we began to follow the scripture to "cast your cares." Something that we learned from Joyce Meyer and her husband, Dave, always says in trial, "Cast your care." In Matthew, Jesus told us to "cast our whole care." Not half of it, friend, all of it. Sometimes we are like a kid with a broken toy. We come to our Father to have Him fix it and while He's trying to fix it, we get in the way by trying to take it back. Give God and Let God. Finally, life is not a piece of cake so quit calling the bakery to return the goods. Move on and let it go. It's coming so be prepared.
Murphy's law isn't completely correct but if it does go wrong, you are already prepared. In the parables, Jesus related this principle to a man who did not count the cost before building his home. Your life reflects the same principle. If you don't prepare for life, your home will be full of holes and empty spaces. In essence, you have to be ready to persevere over the situations instead of loosing our cool in it.
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