When adversity strikes (and it will to us all in one way or another...or many ways all at once), our human nature directs us to see the "physical" way we've been affected...anger descends and threatens to extinguish our light of hope and crumble our foundation.
However, if we allow ourselves to give it to the Lord, our hurts, anger, questions, and fear...our eyes will be opened to see that our physical problems are symptoms of the spiritual battles that are going on for souls - maybe our own. There is so much more going on than we "see".
It has been so hard for me to "see" the spiritual side of things, because I am encumbered with the physical problems that seem to drown me. Only until very very recently have I come to this point to be able to see past everything...
The big picture though, is that God works in the good and the bad. He ultimately cares for the souls, and will use the circumstances that come along for that purpose. How often I want things to work in my time, my way, and my results...it just doesn't work like that.
If we are a follower of Christ and want to grow closer to Him, we are stepping further from the devil's grasp. We must expect that he will work harder to gain control of us and try to make us lose our faith.
Regardless of what transpires, we must hold fast to the faith...because it's not about our physical lives...it's about our spiritual ones.
I have found that growth is impossible without pains...just as a seed has to die for a plant to live, so do we have to die daily to grow closer to the Lord.
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