Chapter 3:
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in Prayer-Romans 12:12”.
When I’m still learning and new to the environment as a Christian, I tend to question how or why God is letting us to suffer or face problems? I’m amaze and wondering at the same time on how a believer can overcome the difficulties of having the faith and going through rough path at the same time. I heard the story of Job where he was tested on how faithful he is. He loss everything, a family, fame, treasures, all things that he possesses wherein God also the reason why he has all those. You might be thinking if you’re the one that went through to that phase of life how will you face it? How will you accept it? It was Job who made me realize that our faith won’t be measured or weight by how long we know Him or how firm our faith is but it is just on how we take every bit of wonderful blessings even if it’s a trials or a problem. Job shows trust, loyalty, faith, obedience, strength, the courage that a truly believer can only have.
When we face difficulties in life we tend to loss ourselves, just let our anger rule over us, we start to doubt and question, we feel like it all over, we see the world like it was unfair, we tried to accuse or blame, we close our doors, we fill hatred and regrets our heart, it was like a life is now coming to an end. When I’m still new and haven’t discover or learned things spiritually, I’m not yet in the point that I suffered or face difficulties in life but I know how hard it is already. I went through the first trial in my life when I’m in my last year of elementary days. It was when I was accused by something that I know I didn’t say nor did. And someone told me that who am I to tell a rude word to someone when the fact that what I’m saying is what I am also. They told me that who am I to judge or tell the she is ugly or out of fashion when I not even beautiful or fashionable. They told into this tight and dark room and it hits me hard that I even cry that time. Even if I explain myself they won’t listen as they already believe what they think is the one to trust or the right story. I wonder do everyone or every victim is right? I’m still young that time and it’s as a difficult one to me.it grows inside me and made me wonder where is God at that time? Why not He let those accusers hear my voice, my explanation?
But it was an amazing one on how God held me that time. After I went out to that dark and depressive room, I trust Him and believe Him that when I walk out everything will be fine and I will be fine as during at that time He let me forgive and forget it. I learned my lesson during that time that in difficult time no matter how dark, how crazy it is and how frustrating it is we must not doubt that God will be there and here our prayer. At that point of my life I also blamed myself do I look like I’m bragging that I look good? Because I’m just taking care of myself and not being arrogant to others no matter what I have. A lot of people misunderstood me and I feel like unlovable because of that.
In most difficult time we felt alone and devastated. We felt unlovable and unacceptable, we see the world upside down. But remember in “Jeremiah 31:3 says, “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” How great is that, right? In those times were we felt down, depress, sad, confuse, desperate, those difficult one others will leave, abandoned, question, point their fingers on us but what is your concern when God is there by your side giving you the most wonderful, pure and true love.?
Difficult times can be hard to deal with. It tears us, it pushes us to our limits, it burns us, it can make us mad, it can bring sin, it can torture us, it can break us, it can kill us, it can suffocate us, and it can even make us feel that is better to a dead one than to live. A life can be a roller coaster sometimes and it’s never like easy every time, we may face problems to nurture on how we will be able to solve it, we may discover obstacles in the way but it will strengthen us, we may see or experience trials or difficulties as we walk with our faith but it will grow our relationship with God.
Sometimes we are inpatient that’s why we think when we pray we think answers we can receive an answer right away. When we thought that God is not listening, we fail to strengthen our faith with Him. We easily loss our faith. We breakdown and loss our time. Everything happens for a reason in a good time with a reasonable purpose. Remember that God is always with us especially in times of our difficulties ….” Ask and it will be given to you”.
