Caught In A Den of Lions

"Sometimes life throws you curve balls." I've heard this saying time and time again in my life... and never has it rang so true as it has the past month and a half. In a few short weeks I have lost my car and my apartment.

Initial Reaction? Bitterness, anger, neglect...

Current State? Joyful, hopeful, at peace.

When I was in an "accident" about a month and half ago I felt hopeless. Its easy sometimes to see our loss as God's neglect. But that couldn't be further from the truth. Its in our loss that God desires to teach us greatly.

What did I need to learn?

TRUST.

Like most people I have chosen to trust in myself. It seems easier to depend on yourself than to lay your life in the hands of the Unseen. But God desires us to trust Him with that... with our WHOLE lives. Not just partial. One of the many definitions of immerse is to "fully submerge"... to immerse yourself in God's love, you cannot be partial. The same goes with trusting Him... you cannot be partial. When I realized that God was teaching me to trust, my whole persona changed... Suddenly peace surrounded me. I realized He was in control of ALL my life and was taking care of me. Stress fled from me (if you know me I tend to stress A LOT). Not too long after I learned to truly trust God I got a message from my landlord saying I had two weeks to move out...

I decided to praise God instead of stress.

And I truly feel like a new person. I look at things first with joy knowing even in the worst conditions God is going to take care of me. Daniel was in a pit of lions and still praised God... How can I not? Life is sweeter to the taste knowing that the God that holds the whole universe and brings together all things for His good is taking care of me.

I challenge you.

If you are going through tough times... or even blessed times, turn your hope and trust to God. You will NEVER be able to fulfill your purpose alone. It can't be done. We weren't created to live without our Creator. He will ALWAYS know whats best.

Praise Him in your den of lions.

He will bring you through with more to show than when you began.