Have you ever had a bad day? If you haven't you must be immortal. Everyone has a bad day occasionally; sometimes there will even be a season that is rough. But God does not change when times are bad or things get rough.
The Word speaks to us about seasons in
life, and also about test and trails of our faith.
- I Peter 1:7 So that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is revealed.
- James 1:3 Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience.
Some people think that when bad things
happen God causes them. God never causes evil. But he is
forever there with a watchful eye, waiting to see what we will do. And he is
always as close as your voice. The Word assures us that He is a present
help in times of trouble and that when we pray, He hears and answers. The
problem comes when we don't call out to him for help; when we turn angry or
bitter against him. Please allow me to give some good advice here,
"When you are in a troubled season, it is not time to be angry or bitter
at God, He is your way out."
So many songs suggest on bad days and in
bad seasons, when something has gone wrong, or someone has hurt you the
answer is:
- Go out and get drunk
- Go out and have an affair
- Go out and beat someone up or key a car
- Some suggest going inward and reeks of depression. But these are all terrible ways to handle bad days or seasons.
A drunken person doesn’t know if
they had a good time or not. The person in an affair is hurting
someone else in an attempt to 'feel' better, and feelings are fickle
and subject to change at the ticking of a clock. And to key a
car not only enrages others, but can cost you a fine or time (maybe both).
If you are of the inward kind who like
to closet drink or hold pity parties, you will simple lock yourself behind
a door, and go inward causing physical and more emotional damage.
The answer to bad days or seasons
is God. He will bring you out and hold you up. He will never fail
you.
Some people assume God has failed
them, or will fail them. But that is a misconception. Bad
things do happen, and seasons can be cold, but God is Love and will never fail.
Things may happen you don't have understanding for, but love will
bring you through.
My past was a broken one. I was
lost. I was without God. I cried out He answered and helped me.
He loved me, healed me and has given me understanding of life. I am
grateful.
In life we all have choices. We
can choose life or death, blessing or cursing. God is good to allow men
free will. However, the things we choose will leave us with the results
of those choices. The grand thing about God is He is a God of
restoration. A broken plate may not go back together as it was before,
but it can be restored or another can fill the empty space at the table.
I have heard so many people, say things
like, "But you just don't know what happen to me, or you just don't
know what they did to me!" And they are right I may not know.
But I do know the one who does know and understand. And I can
connect you with Him if you so desire help. Some receive Him and get
the help He has promised, others prefer glorying in their pain, or sitting
in their darkness. Again, "That is a personal choice that God is
willing to allot you."
So many people want to avoid their part
of receiving healing. But with God there is always going to be a man side.
Throughout the Bible we find Jesus healing all sick and diseased
(well all who would allow and/or receive). You see in some places He
could do no mighty works because of unbelief. Faith is a factor. And faith
acts. Just as I am asking you to ask if you are having a bad day,
or hurting.
As you browse through the scripture you
will find:
- A blind man crying out
- A bleeding woman pressing in
- A woman worshiping
- A man drawing on Jesus for his daughter
- A Centurion asking for his servant
- A man waiting by a pool, but willing to roll up his bed upon instruction
- A man stretching forth his hand at the Word of the Lord
The blind man would have continued to
beg; the woman bleed; the woman suffer; the man grieve; the centurion suffer
loss; the man lay around in pity at a pool party; a man continue with a
swiveled up life. Each had a choice.
Today is a good day to choose Jesus.
Let him who authors faith; bring you to a good end. Today is
a good day to choose life and love and come out of darkness. It is a
good day to heal, be set free of depression or other sickness the enemy has set
upon you. It is a great day to past a test, be acquitted from a
trail or loosed from an infirmity.
Call upon the Lord, he hears and
answers. Ask him into your life; ask him to reveal himself
to you, to help you. He is willing.
Maybe you are not sick physically
or emotionally distraught. Maybe you are already a Christian in
the middle of a faith trail or a life test. As Peter and James
speaks, if that is the case this is still your day. Life test become easy in
Christ, they are all open book.
The Word teaches us Gods ways of living
and doing things. Therefore, all we have to do is make the adjustments.
When we turn to the Word for direction and find we have been doing
things wrong, all we have to do is repent (turn around) and make a choice decision
to do things God's way. When we do, we can expect the results that
God has promised.
If you are in the midst of a trail, you
shall be acquitted if you will continue to allow God to be your advocate.
Allow him to give you the right words to say and say that and only that, if
you will allow him to order your steps and direct your paths.
Not only will you come out of the trail free, you will receive a
recompense of reward and or promotion established by the Father on your
behalf.
Just remember alone you can do nothing
(nothing lasting), but with God all things are possible.
"I am the vine; you
are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5
It is a great day to attach to the vine. It is a great day to be alive … and to really live!
