WHY TRIALS
Life as we know is like a circle, that is why whatever goes
around always comes around. The journey of life is not a smooth one; it is full
of ‘ups and ‘downs’. I can understand the ‘ups’ but why the ‘downs’? Because
GOD desires us to prosper in all things we do. Here is why I think there are
downs.
If yesterday’s exam test is repeated in today’s exam test
even the dumbest person in the class though may not know how to answer it but
he/she will know that this test is a repeated one. Knowing that alone takes
away some element of fear and gives you some amount of confidence. Why? Because
you have seen it before.
This is the opportunity trials give to us in life. We go
through trials which are like the test exams of yesterday. If you know the answer
to the test you are good to go if you don’t you find out after the test because
after the exam it becomes a past question and the answers are made available to
you. The trials ahead are todays test
exam which is a repeated version of yesterday’s test with little modifications
to confuse you just as shown below.
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Yesterday’s test(trials)
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Today’s test(future trials)
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1+1=?
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1+1+0+0=?
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2
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2
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Same questions but
little modifications.
JESUS never promised to take us away from trials and
problems, HE only promises to be with us and strengthen us through the trials
and problems because HE knows we have the power and capability to overcome
every trial in life.
Dearly beloved trials come our way so we will be
strengthened for a given purpose ahead in our lives. The three Hebrew boys
shadrack, Meshach, and Abednego were faced with trials of selling out their
belief in GOD; little did the king know that he was giving them a platform to
preach to the people of Babylon because after their trial the people of Babylon
believed in their GOD much more than his gods.
Sometimes we go through trials not for our sake but for the sake of
others. Let me not drift away from my point.
Most trials in life are very similar with little
modifications as stated earlier, and the answers to them have always being
JESUS. The downs in life we see are
supposed to expose us to the kind of relationship we have in CHRIST and with
CHRIST. How do I know I can pass my
biology paper without taking my biology test? How do I know I can overcome any trial in life
because JESUS gives me an assurance in matt 28:20 that HE is with me even till
the end of the world?
Note
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There is no victory without a battle
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There is no testimony without trials
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