As I write this post, there is a lot going on. As in there are a good deal of trials. As so many of us in life, I have a multitude of responsibilities that can easily be overwhelming, exhausting, and I wish there was an easier way… or at least less of them! However, God never gives us anything we can’t handle. As the saying goes, it is trial by fire.
The funny thing about fire is that it can destroy or it can temper. Iron, for example, can become stronger only through fire. Prior to being hammered, shaped, and ultimately transformed, it must go through many passes through flame in the process. Without this, it remains frail and somewhat useless. Our souls are no different. Yes, we have some utility as the average humans God created us to be (see my prior posts about Grace). Yet God knows we have more in us. We are capable of much more than even we think we can handle. After all, since God created us, shouldn’t He determine our highest potential. Further, why would we not answer the call to live as God intended?
Fear. The answer is just the thought of the unknown, failure, lack of confidence in ourselves and/or God, etc. all keep us frozen. Yet we are called to faith. We can have the confidence that God is leading us right where He wants us. What if we can’t do it? That’s not important. As Les Brown once said “How is none of your business.” What a relief! All I have to do is believe and trust God. How much easier is this said than done. Why would God let us down? He has no reason. “…I will uphold you by my righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10) The trouble is, the devil always wants to steer us away from God’s plan and make us believe the lie that God won’t come through. And that’s exactly what it is. A lie.
As I am going through a long weekend of personal aspirations fulfilled, a change in jobs, moving, and to top it off, sleep deprivation, I feel exhausted and stressed. And I know those feelings are valid but I am choosing to not dwell on them. I know that God alone can sustain me. I can’t do this on my own. It’s too much but that’s okay. God will guide me through what I have to go through. He will be with me in the fire, because that is just where He needs me. He is showing me a new path and asking me “Won’t you trust me?”
So I choose faith. I choose to willingly go through the fire. We can all look back on our lives on times when we thought “I can’t” and we wonder how we ever made it. Yet we know! We know how we did it and the answer is God. He was there with the trial because he knows that with faith in His plan, nothing can stand in our way except ourselves when we listen to the wrong voice. So choose with me. Choose the truth. You don’t need to know the destination. You don’t need to see the map or compass. You don’t even need to know what to bring to feel prepared. Just say “Jesus, I trust You.”
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