When you accepted Jesus as your Savior you put your life in His hands. Now your Heavenly Father is going before you and making all your crooked paths straight and at the same time making you a stronger Christian. (Isaiah 45:1-3)So don’t be surprised when unresolved issues that you may have avoided start manifesting themselves again. Don’t be surprised when it seems that your world is being turned upside down and there is trouble all around you. It could be an attack of the enemy or perhaps God is just testing your heart and refining you all at the same time.
When we were serving the world and our own selfish desires we made many mistakes and created crooked paths. Now God wants to help us fix those messes. Some times it’s done miraculously, but other times He takes us back to face the mess and gives us His grace and mercy to right our wrongs. This is all part of our growing process. Some issues can not be left undealt with. You see the Lord does not want anyone to be able to come against you with old unresolved messes. He wants to use you to serve others and be an example. So He is going to go through your life helping you restructure your finances, relationships, habits, responsibilities, and priorities.
Now that you are serving the Lord He wants to help you grow in faith, courage, and power. He wants to help you change your attitude and develop godly character in you. He wants you to learn to be confident in Him, the Holy Spirit, and His Word. He wants us to love Him with all of our hearts. (Deuteronomy 11:13, Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 6:5) He doesn’t just want us to be obedient he wants our hearts to keep His commandments. (Proverbs 3:1, Deuteronomy 26:16, Deuteronomy 6:6)
Our Lord will allow us to be tested to display the intent of our heart and to see if we really love Him. (1 Thessalonians 2:4, Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 13:3, Proverbs 17:3, Jeremiah 17:10) These tests encourage us to depend on His Word and help us grow stronger in our faith. He wants us to experience victory. So he will allow us to face trials and tribulation so that we can exercise our faith muscles. He wants us to see his deliverance and power. He wants to use these tests to build our confidence.
These tests also help us see what area in our life we still are weak in and need to work on. So don’t be scared and confused. Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Our Heavenly Father will never put more us than we can bear. He will give us strength to go through the fires and storms of life. In fact He will be in the fire and the storm with us. Trust Him as He makes your crooked path straight and creates in you a pure heart.
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