Welcome to a new month. I am sure that within each and everyone reading this blog lies a desire to live a life that is fulfilling. One of the things that I have discovered about life is that trouble is not a respector of persona. Trouble visits everyone at any time. Trouble does not respect age, wealth, status, location, education, technological advancement or life. Trouble has a way of rearing it's ugly head in life that unsettles a person. Many times we ask why me when in trouble, because trouble has a way of making one think selfishly that you are the only one in trouble.
You and I are driving on a journey in a vehicle called "Life", each one of us on this road called "Living" are on different lanes. The journey towards the destination of life is fraught with many bumps, humps, barriers, and agents that seek to slow you down; all an array of none other than "Trouble". Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 3 that life is lived in a parameter called time. Driving on Living lane you will discover that the hills, planes, mountains, steep climbs, down hill drops that you will undertake are all listed as different seasons of living in time. Notice that through time trouble is a constant. At times it's hot, cold, sickness, low energy- think of low fuel in the car- depression-think of the darkness settling in as you drive towards a destination you have never visited-I could go on and on. Trouble comes in many forms as one drives along the journey called Living. Notice that when a driver of a vehicle hits a bump they don't stop or turn to another direction. Do not allow trouble to stop you from continuing in this journey towards achieving and fulfilling the dream God has over your life.
The reason trouble rears it's ugly head is to help form the jewel in you. Inside you is a precious jewel that is being formed. Diamonds are beautiful to behold. They are a girls best friend. James Bond had us believing that "Diamonds are Forever". Diamonds are not just made or cloned into being. The real gem that a diamond is formed out of heated carbon that is formed over many many years. The carbon must be heated at over 1100 degrees Celsius. The heat you are feeling is only helping to form the beautiful jewel in you. The process of forming diamonds is done so deep in the earth that it takes volcanic reaction for them to come near enough for mankind to mine them. Diamonds are brought to the earth's surface from the inner crust of the earth by a magma flow that is a rare event. You may feel forgotten but understand that once the process is complete you will ready to be brought out to the sheer marvel and delight of mankind. Think about David in the bible. A virtual unknown until the day God tells Samuel to anoint him. He lived in the backside of the desert being formed and prepared for greatness. No one knew of the lion being killed before he slayed Goliath. Your current battle is preparing you for a stage entry that will propel you to greatness. God has not forgotten you and His hand is very much in the middle of your current scenario. He is forming a precious jewel within you and I that will be a marvel and wonder to all. As they marvelled at how David and 5 stones took on a giant they will marvel at God's handiwork in you.
All the trouble you are facing has one purpose; to form a jewel in you. Solomon said something awesome in Ecclesiastes 3:11a " He has made everything beautiful in His time." Irrespective of how life looks God has made it beautiful; He is not making it beautiful, God has already made it beautiful. Your trouble is only helping God to produce the outcome that is already assured and guaranteed as beautiful. It's important that we know and have an assurance, a conviction of the capability of the promise manifesting, that we know that God is in control. Trouble is not in charge no matter how bad it looks, God is in charge of this vehicle. I will end with words of Paul to the Romans 8:28.
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."
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