Today: The Fighter.

And after you have suffered a little while, the
God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal
glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm,
strengthen, and establish you.
1 Peter 5:10

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of
various kinds, for you know that the testing of your
faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness
have its full effect, that you may be perfect
and complete, lacking in nothing.
James 1:2-4

The fight. Every fighter has his strong points and his

weak points. The moves he’s known for and the places
where the blows do the most damage. So as a man fighting
through this broken world, what keeps us going? Trial
after trial we have to keep fighting, at times wondering
what God’s doing with all of this..

It’s the spiritual equivalent of being bloodied on the floor
screaming “is that all you’ve got?!”. The only difference is
we’re talking to God, so it should sound more like “I trust you
Lord, and I’m ready to be tested more.”

This is what he wants you to learn from. This moment, this season,

this particular frustration, this pile that seems to get bigger
and bigger… This is for you. Embrace it as that. Get into
scripture today. Even if only for two minutes. Set some
time aside for God today and see how he thanks you.