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Do you trust God enough to allow yourself to be used unconditionally to accomplish His good will? Do you believe that He brings bad situations upon you, or, do you believe He uses you amidst bad situations for His good purposes? These are questions that can influence, or define our faith.
We Christians are not immune to the trouble that is in the world, and we experience the hatred of men, just as Jesus did. Jesus told us this would happen, and that not only would we be hated, but killed as well. Yet our hope remains in the Lord, and although we are perplexed by His allowing suffering to continue in our lives, we do praise Him in its midst, and see the good lessons that come from each one. David understood that earthly trouble would come, and he asked the Lord the same question that many of us continue to ask Him today… “Why do you stand far away?”
We can’t see the wind, and yet we feel it all around us, and see the sand it carries when it is strengthened. We see the mountains moved, and the trees uprooted when storm winds are angered, and we feel the cool evening breeze as our skin rises to meet it after a long hot day is forgotten. The breath of our God is like this, and though we don’t see Him with our eyes, we feel Him with our heart, and our soul. Our spirit is refreshed by His constant presence. He is always with us, always surrounding us, and never are we without Him. Even when He is perfectly still, and we can’t feel Him... we breathe Him in, and He sustains us.