"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."
This is God's perspective on my life and current situation. I need to keep focusing on the Lord and not my circumstance. I am studying the Armor of God with my life group and this weeks part of the armor is the Shield of Faith. There is so much good stuff in this study.
The world tells us that "Seeing is believing" but God says that "believing is seeing". Genuine faith is born in humility and need, grows by the Word and obedience, and is tested in the crucible of suffering. I am reminded of Jesus' encouragement, "Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." John 20:29
Thank you God for being the object of my focus during this season in my life. Thank you for pursuing me and wanting a personal relationship. I desire an open heart to know you more and act on my knowledge of your character. Thank you for an eternal perspective to look beyond today's struggles and tomorrow's challenges.
Prayer for this week is to be used in such a way that my students come to know you as their personal Savior if they have not come to this realization at this point in their life. God is Perfect.
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