During those "Rough Spots"

Have you ever felt like God was calling you to do something that seemed really hard and maybe even impossible at the time? Maybe he was calling you to leave your friends and family and take a job out of state, or maybe he called you to be a missionary in another country, maybe he asked you to share the gospel with the cashier at Walmart, maybe he was asking you to step out of your comfort zone and start a small group or a bible study. Did you do it? Was it hard or scary at first? Maybe you saw great results right then, but maybe you won't see the results until you get to heaven.

Sometimes God asks us to do hard things and sometimes he asks us to do things that we enjoy doing but in either circumstance there will be rough spots. Here's the deal; when we are following Gods plan for our life we are a threat to Satan and he feels the need to stop us and how he does that is he starts sending trials our way. He's going to discourage you somehow whether its car troubles or family problems or friend problems or maybe even worse stuff such as a death or illness or something like that. Don't loose heart, God will take care of you. this is God's promise to you straight out of the Bible; John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE. But take heart for I have overcome the World." Jesus told us that we are going to have troubles and trials if we are devoting our lives to serve him but he also promised us that he isn't going to leave us to make it through those times alone; Hebrews 13:5 "...God has said, 'Never will I leave you; Never will I forsake you'". So if you are feeling Satan's attack on your life you should in a way be encouraged about that, as strange as that sounds, because that means Satan see you as a threat so you're definitely doing something right! 

In the picture above I can think of a few people who would see that and jump at the chance to take their Jeep or truck through that in an instant! But I can tell you that if I tried to take my car through that one of those Jeeps or Trucks would have to come and pull me out. That's like life, if we try to do life alone without God or even without other Christians we're gonna get stuck. But if we have a strong support system behind us and God hold our hand we can do anything at all. So take God's out stretched hand and begin this new stage that he has for you, trust me it will be SO worth it in the end!!

Don't give up! Keep your eyes on Jesus and your hand in his and your bible close. God bless y'all today!

Katelyn