You ever wonder why the lord, put you in certain situations? Well I do all the time. Now when I say I wonder, that does not mean that I am second guessing my lord but what it does mean is that I sit and wonder why me. Now I know that the Lord will never put more upon me than I can bare, and I can recite Psalms 55:22 "cast thy burden upon the lord and he shall sustain thee, he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved." But that does not stop my worldly like body from asking "why?"
It is because our lord loves us that he puts us in certain situations. We definitely serve a vengeful god but he does not put us in these places as an act of discipline, although most of us need that. But he puts us here as a test of our love for him. Everyone and their mother can recite Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" and even Isaiah 54:17 "No weapon formed against me shall prosper." But how many of us believe this whole heartily. The Lord test us. He wants to know how much you truly love him and believe in his word.
Now alot of people tend to fail these test due to the impact this world has on our lives. Example being if a plane is going down we are all screaming our lungs, out telling everyone we love them and praying. But when the plane hits the water and everyone survives the prayers go out the window, we give all our thanks to the pilot and never to our lord and savior the one who truly brought us out. See the lord continues to test us daily, and even though most of us our C+ students at best the lord is a Professor that will never give up on you. You ever heard of the No child left behind, well the Lord believes in NO SOULS LEFT BEHIND. He gives us chance after chance, and his love never fades.
So the next time you find yourself wondering "Why lord, why did this happen to me" just know that "We glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulations worketh patience; and patience, experience and experience, hope and hope maketh not ashamed because the love of god is shed abroad in our hearts by the holy ghost which is given unto us."
