Trials

Trial:
a test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something.

A trial can be just about anything, but either those things can cause you to run, or you can stand through them, you can trust in God to bring you out the other side. Or you can get lost in the trial, you can stumble and you can become overwhelmed by the very thing that God can use to teach you. We can be like trees, they don't grow the most when the days are easy, they grow the most when the winds blow, the rain pelts them. They say that when the winds come, the tree sinks its roots down even further. We need to learn from the trees. When the trials/storms of life come, it isn't about turning tail and running, but about sinking our roots into Gods word, into God. He is our firm foundation and in Him we must trust, we must allow Him to teach us in each of the trials.

Are the trials of life getting you down? Stop focusing on the trials, focus on God. See that He will deliver you from them and when on the other side you will can either learn from them, or you can redo them. I say let us learn from the trials. Let us see God is using those things to teach us, to make us stronger in Him. It is easy to become lax in our ways, sometimes God brings changes in our lives so that we turn our focus from horizontal, to vertical.

If you are experiencing trials, where is your focus? Change your focus from the trial, from yourself to focusing on God. He will guide you through them, it may not be today, but see He is there to help you. Sink your roots into His word, don't just read, spend time praying and seeing where God wants you.