On January 1st I sat down with the Holy Spirit, and thinking of all the amazing things that He did for us in the year prior I asked him what this 2025 year would hold and what I should be expectant for. I waited with excitement at what He would be doing next.
“Turbulence,”
I sat there for a moment not really knowing how to respond but I remember thinking, “Well, that’s not very nice.” Maybe it wasn’t nice, but if it was true, it was kind. Kind that He would want to prepare me for whatever lay ahead. Sometimes we have this perspective that we should never have to face difficult times because we have Jesus, and everything should just be smooth sailing from here on out. I have to admit there have been times when I have felt like I was in a protective bubble, completely untouchable by what was happening around me. But there are times when we are called to overcome. We can be overcomers if there is no challenge to overcome. James 1:2-4 says, “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” He says when you fall into various trials, not if. And it is the work of patience that is produced in times of trails that makes us complete, lacking nothing. So, if we want to be complete and lacking nothing, we are going to have to face some trials. But you know what? God is still with us, even in the trials.
