Don't blame yourself if your faith feels low

Don't blame yourself if your faith feels low


Circumstances can really hurt sometimes. I've been out of work for almost two years.

Lots of folks center in on this concept...this lack of faith. They point to different things in their lives and they say, "Well, if God is not helping me with this, I'm not going to be the kind of servant I should be." Invariably bad decisions and inappropriate actions usually follow. But there is a way around that.

When things fall apart, and they always do from time to time, the best strategy to take is this: be a student. Obviously my family is not thrilled that I have not been working. However, I routinely point out all the great lessons we are learning from this experience. We are not wasting money like we used to. We have streamlined our budget. We think twice whenever we spend money. Those are valuable lessons!

This happens to churches, too. Our church has done the exact same thing because donations are down. They have figured out ways to cut costs and improve the way they do business. Every single human being on Earth goes through this at some point, if it is not their household, it is their employer, or a relative, or.....some aspect of life. Something always goes wrong, and we're left with the challenge of succeeding anyway.

Jesus knew this kind of thing best. Obviously, being who He was, He completely understood what He was going through, but still, even on the cross, He wondered why things were so bad. And what was the result? He succeeded anyway, because the Father was in complete control and made sure everything worked out.

I'm not about to tell you that their is an easy solution to everything. But I CAN promise that God will always offer a way to fix things. It just might require more sacrifice than you prefer.