Why do I have to live this way?

This is a question we have all asked… more than once! We all have problems of one sort or another. Shocking as it is the problems I have do not seem like a problem to someone else. We are all different and our load is different. Things I want to show you today is that what we feel is a problem life because of the road we have had to walk is just where the Lord Jesus wants us if we are trusting Him! God has told us that we plant seeds that we may are may not see grow… we have to live through things that we may not like to be where we are needed to plant these seeds. We ask God to use us … then just like the Israelites we grumble and complain because we are put in a place where we can do what God has called us to do!

I am just as guilty of this. Truthfully God is revealing this to me just as He is to you in this teaching. I have been praying for understanding as to why I have had to live through some of the horrible things I have had to live through. God is not slow to answer! I have asked God to use me for His Glory… I told Him I would do anything He asks. Oh so easy to say! Then when my feet hit the heat I cry out to God for relief. This is a big world with a lot of people that need help, we help each other everyday and sometimes that help is so minute to us that we don’t even realize we have done something wonderful for the Lord. Yet didn’t God say that our very lives would be the witness for Him? Our actions rather than our words sometimes are the greatest witness. God told us that a simple thing like feeding a hungry person was a big thing to Him and He would reward us.

He also said that He would only reward us if we gave with out begrudging it… so think about what you are losing when you complain all the time about everything you did that was not comfortable for you? Our giving has to be freely given… God does not like complaining and begrudging givers and will not release His blessings under that kind of giving. The enemy is so cunning… he deceives us by whispering how mistreated we are to be put in this place to have to do this for this one or that one… we think… “Yeah why do I have to always be the one to do this or that?” Right away the enemy is stealing your reward! He is getting you to grumble and grudge your giving… by doing this he is also keeping you from realizing your are doing what God has called you to do. When we walk in “faith” we must believe God is in control of our circumstances. No matter how bad things look at times… if you believe God (this is the key!) … Believing God and doing your best to follow Jesus in love… then you (we) must stop feeling we are lost out here and all these awful things are happening to us and some how God is not aware of it! God is aware of everything! God knows whom you are and what you are living! He has the very hairs of your head numbered! If you have signed up to serve God then you must go into the battlefield of life and do the will of God. Sometimes this is not fun… just ask those vets returning from the war…

The word of God says we will have trials and tribulations in this life… but be of good cheer because Jesus made us victorious if we will only believe and keep our faith! Look at what the first disciples went through getting help to the ones that needed it. Are we any different? The people in our circle that seem to be our biggest problems may be the very ones God has sent us to help. Where would these people be if we were not there to be kind to them and/or help them through a bad time? Feed them, clothe them or defend them. Or maybe just be kind to them when they are hurting and down. Other peoples problems seem to have become something we all try to avoid, yet God said for us to help each other through the problems, have pity on the hurting, lend our ear to those who need to talk… be ready to share the love of Jesus and His great forgiveness and grace. Be understanding and sympathetic to their pain if nothing else. But the enemy comes in right away and whispers “They want something from you, they want to take something, don’t trust them!”… Right away this sounds so true… but is it? No one can make you give anything… you only give what you feel God wants you to give… pray … seek God for help as to what you should truly give or not give to those who come to your circle of life. And if you don’t want to give something by all means DON’T… God will not receive your giving if it is done grudgingly! But on the other hand… if you seek God and feel He is asking you to help this person… then do it and do not let the enemy steal your blessing by his lying accusations of how this person took advantage of you… even if the person did lie to you! God is not finished with them yet… the seed you planted will not be void … let it grow by freely giving whatever you felt God ask you to give. Praise God for allowing you to be the one to help that poor hurting person and ask God to minister to them… then you will receive your reward for doing what God has called you to do. It is not our business what someone does with what we give them… that is God’s business. A gift is just that… once it is given it no longer belongs to you… you have no more say in how this gift is used. How would you like for someone to give you a car and then tell you where you could drive it, how you should drive it and when? Would you feel you had truly been given anything? Let the gift go…

God said for us to believe in what we cannot see… this is “faith”! So trust God and be content in the life He has given you to live. If you are not happy seek God for comfort and understanding. He will give it to you. But first realize that life is not always easy and the place you are living in the body you are living in (be it less than perfect) is the body God gave you. There is a reason… someone had to be in that body in that place in this life… why not you? We need to be thankful to God for the chance to serve Him in our life wherever He has put us. We are needed there! Hold your head up high and walk the walk for Jesus… stop letting the enemy steal your joy and your blessings… stop complaining and begrudging everything in your life… give it to God, open those windows of heaven and let God bless you! When you find the thief you can stop him… God is not slack to answer, to bless, to meet your needs… If someone left a gift for you on your doorstep and rang the bell… but you didn’t come out and get the gift… someone will steal it. You must open the door and take the blessings by obeying the Lord… do not complain about everything in your life… look to the good and think on those things…when you help someone or give something to someone thank God for letting you serve Him instead of complaining, praise God for everything you can think of that you like in your life you will be surprised at how it will change your world! To God be the Glory!

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