Sovereignty

Two important principles have helped me survive the trials of life with joy in my heart: First, remember that we are pilgrims here, not settlers. Whatever we’re enduring in this life is temporary. As Christians we have mansions waiting for us in heaven; that means our final exit here will be our grandest entrance there! If you keep your focus on that heavenly promise, then you’ll know that, no matter what life throws at you, you and God can handle it.

Second, instead of whining, “Why me?” learn to say, “Whatever, Lord!” God is in control. Nothing comes into our lives without passing through His filter. He has a plan to bring us through our earthly existence to join Him in a glorious eternity. So vow to have the same faith Job had and say, in the midst of your troubles, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.”

Barbara Johnson

Taken from Women of Faith Devotional Bible