“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4
The July 25th entry in God Calling, by A.J. Russell, reads, “I am your Lord. Lord of your lives, Controller of your days, your present and your future. You have entered now, both of you, upon the God-guided life. Think what that means. God-taught, God-guided. Is anything too wonderful for such a life? Do you begin to see how wonderful life with Me can be? Do you see that no evil can befall you?”
My gut reaction to the statement from God Calling is to wonder why. If no evil can befall me then why do I suffer. Why do I have troubles, pains, and/or hardships? Is it because I am not there yet? Am I not yet in that wonderful God-taught, God-guided life, He speaks of? However, when my gut settles and I examine things carefully with more introspect than at first, I realize the truth.
The key word is evil. No evil has befallen me. Yes, I have troubles, trials, tribulations, pain and sufferings, disappointments and heartaches. Yet, these are not evils, they are growth experiences meant to bring me closer to God.
If we never experienced disappointment, separation, or grief, we would never know how God felt, how He grieved to watch His creations reject Him and turn away from Him to a life of sin and evil.
If we never experienced heartache we would never know the despair, or the forlorn agony God went through in giving over His only begotten Son so that we might be rescued from ourselves, saved from the evil one, and brought into Eternal Life with Him.
If we never experienced any kind of pain, illness, or suffering, we would never be able to comprehend the henious, torturous death our Lord suffered on our behalf.
Such experiences serve to help us understand God and all that He went through because of His love for us. Remember these things in your heart. Try to view your life from God’s perspective and maybe it will help you understand why all is not perfect in your life. You will better understand why the things you go through in your life are not evil that has befallen you, but instead, graces granted by Him in His infinite love for you.
Some of our more difficult life experiences may be His way of allowing us to share His pain and suffering so that we might also share in His ultimate joy!
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