Ten months ago I was laid off from my job as a marketing director. Through this journey, I have experienced God’s sovereignty and provision. If someone had told me ten months ago that we could last this long financially, I would have told them it just wasn’t possible. It doesn’t work on paper. What I’ve learned, though, is that God doesn’t care about paper. He cares about me – and He cares about Him receiving the glory. I’m still looking for a full-time job but I know God is taking care of me.
That’s been the perspective I’ve learned over the past ten months. And I thought that was pretty good. But God has a way of still teaching me and He’s not done with this quite yet. Matt Chandler, a pastor I admire and whose teachings I love, found out a couple of weeks ago that he had a tumor in the frontal lobe of his brain. The option: do surgery. That’s it. No treatment – no wait and see. He released the video below before his surgery. It was shown to the church he pastors. The new perspective I have comes from this statement by him:
“There’s part of me that’s grateful that the Lord counted me worthy for this.”
Wow. I have to tell you it was like a light came on to me about my own journey. God counted ME as WORTHY to carry this. He allowed this to happen so I would be able to see Him more clearly! We’re not worthy to be in His presence AT ALL, yet He gives us the honor of going through trials so we can see how He works and so we can know MORE about Him!
I know this is a longer post than normal, but I’d like you to rest in this: When you go through trials in your life, it’s not because God is mad at you or has ignored you. In fact, He is giving you a UNIQUE perspective into His heart. Count it as JOY. Learn more about Him. He will carry you through. And realize He loves you enough and counts you as WORTHY to endure.
Watch this video and be encouraged:
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