"Reference: Zechariah 13:1-9
Why does God test our faith in order to increase our endurance? God's goal for your trials is your growth into spiritual adulthood. That won't happen without some pain, sweat, and effort. Imagine a young person announcing, I want to be a physician, but I don't want to spend all those years in medical school!
You and I may chuckle at a comment like that. But we do something similar in the spiritual realm when all we can think of is getting out from under our trials as quickly as possible and avoiding future trials. God wants to mature us, not just make us comfortable.
But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift... until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ Ephesians 4:7, 13
When a butterfly is ready to leave the cocoon, it has to fight its way out. IF you open the cocoon to help the butterfly get out, you have doomed that butterfly because it needs that struggle to strengthen its wings so it can fly.
God is too kind and too wise to allow us to remain in spiritual immaturity, whining whenever things don't go our way and demanding what we want when we want it. His goal is that we might "become conformed to the image of His Son"(Romans 8:29) and He will not be satisfied until we get there."
Dr. Tony Evans
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2 comments:
This was a great post...I like Dr.Evans and his son, they are great at explaining certain things that can be difficult for others to explain.
I agree... He has a keen sense of explaining these tough topics. Not to mention how talented his son is... =)
Thanks for the comment sweetie...
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