God won't give you more than you can handle. I have seen this as I prevailed through struggles in my past, but I feel like I am drowning.
Do I actually believe these truths of God? If I did, would I still doubt? Doubt is the way the Satan gets to me. He creeps in speaking with my own voice that no one understands, cares, and if God was here with me He wouldn't let me be in pain.
How can I tell the difference between my voice, God's voice, and the devil? This is the root of my doubt, not trusting God or God within me.
God is God. If I feel alone it is because I choose to be. If I am drowning maybe God wants to teach me to breath underwater.
It's just amazing how God talks. I am literally grinning shaking my head in disbelief as He reveals Himself. I'm going through a test in life, a season of uncertainty. I realize it is because God is making sure my feet are firm, strong, and have faith that they will stand.
I have been doing a devotional through the Bible app (they are pretty cool, I encourage you to use them). Tonight I finished one and started another.
This was the Bible reference in the first one (it's about praying in Hospitals):
"Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking." (James 1:2-5 NLT)
And then I started a new one (and I actually read the last day of it by accident). It is a completely different topic from the first one (about God's definition of love); it read:
How would your life change if you actually thought of each person you came into contact with as Christ—the person driving painfully slow in front of you, the checker at the grocery store who seems more interested in chatting than ringing up your items, the member of your family with whom you can’t seem to have a conversation and not get annoyed?
And it then referenced this Scripture:
"Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God. Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything." (1 John 3:18-20 NLT)
Being tested is no joke. Not fun. Sweaty, ugly, dirty, hard work. Making the choice to have faith, find joy, endure, grow, and choose to love are easier said than done. But if I can stay focused on the prize of perfection in Christ, I will come out the other end of this uncertain season.
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