Robin has long days. There are some days that she leaves the house at 8 in the morning and does not get home until 9 at night. There are some mornings that she gets up with a dazed look on her face and I know what she’s thinking—“How will I ever get through this day?”
As a Christian, I often have similar thoughts. When I face "fiery trials of various sorts," I wonder how I am going to get through them. I wonder how I will resist the temptation that is set before me. I wonder how I will ever make it safely to the end of my Christian journey.
As I take the time to reflect on my life, the temptations, and the trials on the other side of the day, I am often amazed how I made it through. It should be of no surprise, but often it is. I think that it is a surprise because I think that I was the one who accomplished this feat. It should be of no surprise because it was God’s grace and power that enabled and sustained me.
This is why we need to be reminded of God’s promises to us. Promises like, it is God who works in and through us (Philippians 2:13) and that He will complete the work that He began in us (Philippians 1:6). We don’t have to know how we’re going to get there from here if we know Who it is that’s going to get us there.
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