Patient in Tribulation (#wtsdevo patience)Romans 12:12 - Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation,

Patient in Tribulation (#wtsdevo patience)Romans 12:12 - Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.When I go through a difficult time or situation, usually my impulse reaction is to try to make it stop as soon as possible. I don’t want to be in the trial because it hurts or because it is difficult. We as humans want to avoid pain and suffering at all costs, so much so that entire religions like Buddhism are centered around that idea. So many aspects of our lives have been constructed for the purposes of making things easier and preventing us from experiencing suffering or pain. In my life recently, I have seen my own tendency to try to protect myself from pain and make a struggle end as soon as possible. Now, I’m not trying to say that avoiding pain and struggle is inherently wrong or sinful. I think there can certainly be aspects of it that are, and I definitely don’t think that we should seek out those things. But here’s the thing about living in our world: we are inevitably going to experience trial, struggle, pain, and suffering at some point in our lives if we are living in the real world. And instead of encouraging us to do what our gut reaction is (to escape), God’s Word exhorts us to a higher standard. He wants to actually use those things in our lives for His glory and our good (Romans 8:28). Instead of escaping, he says that we should rejoice in the hope that we have in Him. We should constantly be in prayer, which will keep us connected to His Spirit and bring us peace. And we should be patient in tribulation. We often don’t have any control over it in the first place, so instead of fighting and trying to escape when we know we can’t do it ourselves, we need to be patient and wait for the storm to pass. Something I have been learning recently is that while in a storm of life, being patient doesn’t have to mean being passive. Instead, I can ask God what He wants to teach me from the situation about life, about His Word, about who He is. I can ask Him to use it to make me more like Him. I can ask Him to show me more of who He is and draw me closer to Himself. I can ask Him to use the trial of my life to help someone else grow nearer to God. Join me in asking God to do that in each of our lives today.  __________________________________________Devotional Series: Patience (#wtsdevo patience)Posted by: Rebecca Hankins \ Personal //  Walk the Same -- source link

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