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In The Midst of Trials

Why God allow trials and sufferings?

As followers of Christ, we will experience a variety of trials.

Job 1:13-22

“God does not want our faith kept in mothballs, ( Parang incontrol yung faith natin) so
He sometimes allows trials and testing to come into our lives; the unexpected hardships
and heartbreaks that rock us in places we never thought we'd face as a child of God.
And it's in those defining moments that we knock off the cobwebs of our everyday faith
and face life with a new and improved one that's empowered by God Himself.”
― Ron Lambros

Why did God let us experience these trials?

Spiritual Growth In The Midst of Trials

Romans 5:3-5

Job's story gives us a glimpse of how he chooses to rejoice in the Lord even in the
midst of his trials. So as Christians, we can also see our sufferings as a results of
rejoice and contentment; but it does not necessarily mean that we should invalidate our
feelings just to be optimistic or happy about how hard our circumstances are. But,
Instead those who knew God and experience his sovereignty, can actually say that their
sufferings are worthwhile. It provides us an opportunity to grow more in the Lord. This
produces more Character; it will mold us to do the things that Honors God. And Just like
Job, our trust in God will not put us to shame because we have noticed, and experience
how he poured out his blessings to those who trust him.

It may be hard to hear these words, and I know from experience, that they are even
harder to live. But when lived, these words will transform us.

If God didn’t nudge us along into the unknown, we would never experience the joy of
others coming to Christ, of our relationships with him growing. We wouldn’t see the
pierced hands of Christ for what they really are—redemption, relationship, and the
freedom to know God.

"There's no growth without trials and sufferings"


Blessings In The Midst of Trials

Job 42: 12-16

In the end, God restored all that Job had lost, and gave Job twice as much as he had
before. The Lord blessed him with a long life, and with seven more sons, and three
more daughters who were the most beautiful women in all the land!

“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces
endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and
hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts
through the holy spirit who has been given to us.” - Romans 5:3-5, ESV

In Philippians 4:4, he encouraged them to “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say,
rejoice.” Paul understood what it meant to suffer, and yet he held on to his belief and
realized that his suffering could be used as a testimony for God's Glory.

Job and Paul’s trials were blessings in disguise. Counting your blessings doesn’t mean
you need to be happy for the pain and suffering you’re experiencing. Instead, it is about
understanding how God is taking the opportunity to grow you, mold you, and use you to
further His Kingdom.

"Your pain and suffering is not in vain."

Joy In The Midst of Trials


“Consider it pure joy, my brothers (and sisters), whenever you face trials of many kinds,
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance
must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything…”
James 1:2-4

Like it or not, trials in our lives are here to stay, but the good news is we don’t have to
be victims of them any longer…we have a choice.
We can either choose to find the “joy” in the trial and thereby learn and grow as a result,
or we can choose to resist and fight the trial and thereby miss out on the personal
growth that could have come from learning through the experience.

it’s not a matter of putting on a fake happy face and pretending to be happy when in
reality you are hurting. It’s not about pretending you don’t suffer, struggle with doubts or
fail to see how God can bring anything good out of the situation. It’s a matter of
choosing to find that joy in the midst of the heartache. It’s a matter of submitting to
God’s plan instead of our own and realizing that His ways are not our ways…but His
ways, in the end, are always good because He is good.

"God promises to never leave us or forsake us"

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