Are you going
through a hard time? Maybe you recently lost your job, or you're dealing with a
death in your family. Or maybe you're just not sure anything good in life can
happen to you. Or you have financial challenges or even loss of a relationship.
Whatever you're dealing with, I want you to know that you're not alone and
something good can come from the tough spot you're in right now. God promised.
Jesus
experienced hard times too…the road to the cross was no small matter. But He
had to decide to go through it. He even asked God if it was really necessary.
(But we know how this amazing love story ended.)
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Just like Jesus
had to make a choice, you and I also have to decide to go through hard times.
Is Good Friday
Really Good?
As we celebrate
His resurrection, I like to look at how we go through our own hard times. I
think we also go through our own private crucifixion and resurrection on a
somewhat regular basis. Often I say "Friday always comes before
Sunday."
Ever wonder why
we refer to the day of Jesus' death as "Good" Friday, since it's a
day that involved so much pain, agony and heartache? Well, it's because the
result of this particular Friday Christ's resurrection from the dead on Sunday
was good.
In our daily
lives, we need to believe that when we go through hard times, the result will
be good. But when we're hurting, probably one of the most challenging things
for us to remember is that God is going to work it out for our good.
The Only One
You Can Trust
All things do
work together for our good! My husband, This is a key scripture for Christians
when we go through hard or disappointing times. When something doesn't happen
the way we would like it to happen, we can believe God will work things out for
good. It's the place we can always come back to in every kind of trial.
Now this
doesn't mean the trials are necessarily good, but God can work them out for our
good because He is awesome. You have to be some kind of awesome God to be able
to take bad things and turn them around for good!
If we love God
and really want His will for our life, I think it's safe to say that we can
trust Him to bring good from it no matter what happens to us. Even if we have
to take detours because of our own stupidity or if we're innocent but someone
else gets involved and brings hurt and pain into our life, we can trust God to
work it out. I like to say, "No person on earth and no devil in hell can
keep me from God's will."
The Crucifixion: Growing in Hard Times
It's comforting to really believe things will work out
okay…even on a day like Good Friday, with so much suffering and pain. When
nothing made sense and everything was hard, God worked it out for good bringing
the greatest blessing mankind will ever receive!
We can believe Friday was good because of the result it
brought, not because of what happened at the time.
I know after I have gone through a really hard time, I've
looked back and thought that I wouldn't even be half the person I am now if
that wouldn't have happened. Haven't many of us experienced this? Don't we wish
we could just grow in good times?
But we only seem to really grow during hard times. I
think it's because it's during those times that we really press into God and go
to a deeper level in our relationship with Him. Why? Because we have to. It's
our only choice if we want to make it through the difficulty. When we trust
God, He gives us the comfort of knowing that He can work bad things out for our
good.
Two Sides of the Cross
There are usually two sides to everything. The cross has
two: a crucifixion side and a resurrection side. And Jesus had to endure one
side to get to the other. But if He hadn't endured, then we'd all still be left
without a Savior and no forgiveness of our sins.
Hebrews 12:2 says that Jesus, for the joy of obtaining
the prize on the other side of the cross the resurrection endured the pain.
Like Jesus, we have to endure bad things. To endure means to outlast the devil;
to be steadfast long enough to let the trial do whatever it's going to do in
our lives and get from one side of the cross to the other.
The Grave: Waiting for a Good Ending
Now, we don't just go from Friday to Sunday. We have to
learn to endure Saturday, which I think is sometimes the hardest to do. We'll
call it the middle. In everything, there's a beginning, an end, and a middle.
The beginning is sometimes a little bit exciting because it's a new thing. And
the end is certainly exciting because it's where we experience the victory.
But, oh…that middle! The Saturdays may be even harder than the Fridays because
on Saturday, we're in the grave and we're not sure what's going to happen next.
Most of the time, we don't know how long the middle's
going to last, and although God knows…He's not telling. (Isn't He great at keeping
secrets?) So we need to remember that when we're going through the middle of
something, we can be assured Sunday always comes after Friday. But we have to
endure Saturday we have to outlast the devil, remain steadfast and not give up
or quit. When we do, we will enjoy the resurrection benefits and blessings that
come on Sunday.
The Resurrection: Making It Through
So, I want to remember that Jesus endured the cross
because He knew what was waiting on the other side of it. In our daily lives,
we are going to have to endure some things, and we're going to face some hard
times. But the only way to do it is to go through it.
Whether we're hit by an unexpected circumstance,
suffering for doing something wrong or for resisting temptation and sin by
doing what's right, we have to go through things. But waiting for you on the
other side of the hard times is the joy of obtaining the prize the good result.
There are lots of
lessons to be learned from adversities and most times, they bring you to your
next big level. Next time you face challenges, see them as stepping stones to a
better and bigger life.
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