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he wants us to go from glory to glory we sang about it a few minutes ago how he wants to take
us from glory to glory he wants us to go higher and higher but sometimes when we're trying to get
higher we're trying to go to more strength we're trying to get through we find that we're going
from struggle to struggle see God doesn't want us to go from struggle to struggle his intention is
for us to go from strength to strength and can I tell you today we all face this challenge one day
we're doing good the next day we're struggling we're trying to get out of a situation we're
trying to get to another situation maybe if you're struggling today you need to hear this one word
rest just rest see the truth is we're going to get to where God wants us to be if we're honoring him
if we put him first place if we take time to get his plans and his words in our heart and in our
life we're not going to get to where we need to be any quicker if we worry if we struggle or if we're
frustrated so today I just want to say if you find yourself struggling rest in God's peace abide in
his Joy that's where you're going to find your strength that is where you are going to endure
and find great persistence God is always trying to get us higher so we're always going to be facing
something in our life listen to what it says in James 1 4. it says consider it all joy when you go
through trials of many kinds many kinds a variety of Trials coming from different places where to
count it all joy when we Face trials see trials is what causes us to struggle but but God is saying
count it all joy in this version that I'm reading it says consider it all joy
see our trials were never meant to decrease us they were meant to increase us they were not
meant to tear our faith down they were meant to build our faith up trials Were Meant to produce
perseverance in us see that scripture goes on to say that we won't be lacking anything that there
may be a trial of our faith but it's going to lead us to good it's not going to tear us down the key
to counting it all joy is joy the joy of the Lord is our strength we don't find the joy in the trial
we don't find the joy and the pain we are supposed to find the joy in The God Who is
the source of all strength The God Who is in control of it all when we are walking
through a difficulty we are supposed to look for God not look at the difficulty we're to
count it all joy happiness comes and goes excitement is here vacations come they go
but joy is supposed to abide in US Joy lives in US Joy is a gift from almighty God
you know sometimes when we're going through a trial or a test we we think uh this isn't joyful I
can tell you Joy is not the word that comes to me when I'm facing a difficulty I just have to admit
it right now I think the scripture should say when you get through the difficulty that's when you
can throw your hands up in the air and you can say finally I can have some Joy I can have some relief
but see the scripture doesn't say that it says we are to consider it all joy
where to cons that tells me right now that when I'm facing a difficulty
I have a choice I can consider it Joy or I can consider it hardship and if I consider it hardship
and difficulty and misery and start walking down that road I'm going to begin to complain
and I'm going to lose any Joy I ever had but when I consider the god The God Who has all power
The God Who has allowed me to face a trial to bring something good out of me
see if we're going to count it all joy the only way to do that is to count it all God
and if we're going to count it all God we got to know there is good in this trial
the decision is to find the good not the bad the decision is to begin to look for the good
and you know what I've discovered I've discovered that most of the time God wants me to find the
good in my cell he wants me to mind the gold within me you see he is refining us into pure gold
it says that he wants us to lack no good thing to to be ready and able to persevere in this life you
see if we're going to go higher and higher we're always going to be facing something because the
only way to go higher is to step up see what are you stepping over or stepping up to today
are you taking those difficulties to God are you saying God help me find your strength be my source
or are you trying to do it on your own see when we do it on our own that's when we struggle but when
we realize when we tap into this joy we tap into God that's when we find our source of strength
see there is something called willpower and we all like to think we have it and we all want to use it
but let me tell you when you're facing a difficulty and God's got you on an upward
plane it's going to take more than your willpower it's going to take God's power it's going to take
God's power to bring you to the places that he wants to take you struggle on your own realize
the joy of the Lord is his calm Delight it's the rest in him it's the peace in him
do you know it's very interesting what we believe about our circumstance will ultimately
cause us to either come out tattered and torn beaten and bruised or built up
you see we we just want to get through those those difficulties we're waiting for them to be over
but God is looking at what we are like when they're over he is saying how did they develop
how did they grow what's their attitude where can I take them now see God wants us to pass the test
that is any good teacher wants you to pass the test they don't give you a test to fail they
give you a test to see what you've learned from them and God is saying I want you to pass the
test I want you to wise up I want you to have perseverance that's what the intention of these
trials are to give us perseverance to train us to bring out the good in us the God in us
see that's why the enemy works so hard to steal our joy because he knows if we're looking
everywhere else if we're blaming our friends it's all about our husband it's about the difficulty at
work when we're looking to lay blame on everyone else we forget to look within us we we look at
the problem we're chasing the problem instead of chasing the promise the promise is in us God has
put everything we need to accomplish on the inside of us we just got to dig it out we got to find it
we have got to believe that this Joy is for us to give us strength what you're believing about
the difficulty you're going through right now what you're believing about where you want to be
right now is going to make all the difference in the world on how you come out of this difficulty
and what you learned through this difficulty what you learn through any challenge see if
you're going to go through it grow through it that's what God's saying grow through it it
says in Romans 15 13 it says the God of all hope will fill you with joy and peace in believing
what are you believing today are you believing you're unworthy or believing you can't make it
see no hope and no faith and no joy will rise with those kind of thoughts or are you believing God I
am believing as I face this trial I'm learning something I'm getting something out of this God
I'm believing father that I can repent I can turn away
God I am believing that you are proud of me and if you are for me who dare be against
me I'm believing that I have all power to overcome being built up because of Jesus
Christ see it's what you're believing about your situation today I don't give up your joy
don't let it elude you don't think it's it's it's happiness happiness
is good we all want to be happy we all want things to be going our way
the true test of our faith the test that's going to build us build our character build
our perseverance it sounds in the trials of life God doesn't want you to get beat up in
the trial he wants you to be built up don't let the enemy steal your joy remember it abides on
the inside of you it's a gift that'll take you from strength to strength amen thanks for being
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