When You Trust God and Things Go Wrong

Sometimes the difficulties of life are the natural consequence of sins and mistakes. Sometimes they are God’s chastisement to encourage us to repent and return to Him. But there are times when we are doing right to the best of our ability and walking by faith when it seems like things just keep getting worse. The more we try to follow God, the harder our pathway becomes. This should not come as a surprise to us, for we have an active enemy who is committed to hindering us in our spiritual walk and work for God.

The critical thing for us to remember is that difficulty does not equal God’s displeasure. Sometimes the things which are most painful to us are in our lives because God is using them to work in a greater way than we can see. Paul faced this with the “thorn in the flesh” that came into his life. After his repeated prayers for its removal were not answered, Paul accepted his suffering as a gift and gloried in God’s sufficient grace.“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10). The Lord does not promise us ease and comfort, but He does promise us His grace.

Growth Principle:

When you do right, and things go wrong, keep trusting God and doing right.