Trust God in hard times. As a Christian it’s so easy to say that we trust God.But what about trusting God in hard times? What happens when life doesn’t go the way we would like or the way we expected? Maybe you have had a bad medical report, a relationship fall apart or lost a business. Is God still trustworthy and is He still good when something doesn’t go the way we wanted? It’s easy to trust God in the good seasons of life, but is that really trust? Are we really trusting God through trials? Knowing exactly the way a situation is going to turn out is not trust. In life there are times when some things just don’t make sense. I’ve found that if I based God’s goodness and faithfulness on … Read More
Faith and fear.
Faith and fear. Faith and fear both work. Fear causes you to run away, but faith causes you to run towards the challenge. It’s funny how fear can stop you getting to where you are supposed to be and yet faith can cause you to triumph. Just look at the story of David and Goliath (see 1 Samuel 17). Goliath was all that stood between Israel and the plans God had for them. Yet this one man, Goliath, used fear as a weapon to keep a whole nation paralysed. If you look at the story, no battle actually took place, it was all about the enemies fear and intimidation tactics that caused the soldiers not to advance. What Israel saw and heard kept them defeated. So how come David saw … Read More
Trusting God in Hard Times
Trusting God in hard times. As a Christian, it’s so easy to say that we trust God. But what about trusting God in hard times? What happens when life doesn’t go the way we would like or the way we expected? Maybe you have had a bad medical report, a relationship falls apart or lost a business. Is God still trustworthy and is He still good when something doesn’t go the way we wanted? It’s easy to trust God in the good seasons of life, but is that really trust? Are we really trusting God through trials? Knowing exactly the way a situation is going to turn out is not trust. In life, there are times when some things just don’t make sense. I’ve found that if I based God’s goodness and faithfulness … Read More