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It never seems like a fun thing when we are hit with trials. Sometimes we are to push back and put the devil in his place and others we are to fold into who God is making us into.

Sometimes we don’t handle trials well, sometimes we think that life can be just too hard. But it is important to know that when the storms of life start up, it is for a purpose.

Sometimes, it’s to strip you of pride and get you to understand it’s really not about you. A lot of the time it’s to grow your faith and show you areas where you need to trust the Lord. No matter what you can be sure, it’s to make you look more like Jesus.

I am going to give you four steps to help you when you are going through your trial, hope you enjoy these steps and the audio above.

4 Steps To Help You Get Through Your Trial

I want to point your attention to Psalms 37:1-7

Step #1

In Vs. 3 we find Trust – You’ll notice it says to trust in the Lord. Trust in this verse means to: “Trust, have confidence, feel secure and bold”

It’s one thing to say that you believe in Jesus, but it’s another to have complete trust in Who He is and have an unwavering confidence that His Word is true.

When trials come our way, it is the perfect opportunity to grow our faith and show us areas in our life where we may lack pure trust.

Step #2

In Vs. 4 we find that we are to delight ourselves in the Lord. When I first read that I had to stop and think about what that looks like. Think about it, what does delighting yourself in the Lord look like in your own life?

Delight means to: “Take joy and enjoy”.

It’s one thing to enjoy doing something, but it’s another when you live in a place where you take joy in the Lord in all things. When we delight ourselves in the Lord, it takes the focus off of us and on to the Lord… Where it should be!

We also know from James 1 that we are to take trials and temptations with Joy. That isn’t always easy, but we must come to an understanding when we are going through the fire, we are being purified and we come out reflecting the glory of God.

You will never be able to truly delight yourself in the Lord if you haven’t put your complete trust in Him.

Step #3

We find in Vs. 5 that we are to commit our ways to God. To commit your ways means that you give it to God and you take and keep your hands off it. So often we give something to the Lord and we take it right back because we do not truly trust Him with our situation.

When we commit our situations, trials, family and life to God, we are acknowledging that we trust Him and we are delighted knowing that He is truly in control.

Step #4

Lastly we find in Vs. 7 to rest in the Lord.

Sometimes when we are going through hard times, rest is not something that we can do easily. Many find themselves too stressed out and worried to rest. But this rest is in the Lord and it means to:
“be silent, to tarry, to wait and be still”

This is something that seems to be almost impossible when we are faced with trouble unless, we have put our trust in the Lord and committed our ways to Him.

It’s a beautiful thing when all hell can break loose and we are not moved, we even have complete peace and rest.
This also means we are to shut out all the distractions and things that would try to get us to waver in our trust. Let’s face it, there will always be something that will try to grab our attention and get it off of Jesus.

So next time you find yourself in the middle of a storm, examine yourself and see if your life is lining up with these four points.

Keep moving forward!