We have recently written about how God wants to have a relationship with us, He loves us deeply and wants to help us in our lives. It is important to maintain a balance. We must be careful not to accept a false message, instead we must accept the Bible with all it’s challenging parts too, being a Christian is not just a walk where you are blessed all of the time with good things, if it was then it would be a prosperity Gospel, a false Gospel!
When you come to know God, this promise is true, He will never leave us or forsake us. God comes into our lives to forgive us, and then help us along the pathway. Because God is in our lives it does not mean that we will not have trouble and challenges from time to time; but now we will face them with Him at our side, with all His Wisdom & Power to help us succeed.
When we accept Christ as our Lord and our God, He takes permanent residence in our heart, and that means He is there for us, to guide us through the storms of life so that they will not overtake us. Jesus came into the world to serve us, to take away our sins by bearing the punishment for them on the Cross.
It could be that we have an addiction that nobody knows about and that is our trouble to overcome, or you may well have consequences to face because of undealt with sin in your life. Trouble can come in a form of safeguarding people and you need to campaign and risk a great deal to make the change in the world to protect people. Whatever it is Jesus our Lord and Saviour is there for us to help us through every challenge so that we may experience the peace of him in any situation.
Challenges in life can also be a part of your walk because God wants to establish you, he wants to develop character in you. Look at this scripture from the book of 1 Peter, specifically 1 Peter 5v10.
The scripture mentions suffering, so there can be suffering from time to time, the Bible confirms this. But after you have suffered for a little while, God will restore us making us strong, firm, and steadfast. So, consider this, storms of life and difficult challenges, can they not be good for us? They can make us stronger and more resilient, see it as a positive thing.
Above all remember that through any storm or difficult challenge God is with us. He will never leave or forsake us. Storms are where you will see God, so be expectant and be diligent, a storm can help you have even more faith and confidence in God so look at it as a good thing.