“Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.”
― Joyce Meyer

James chapter one verse two. Count it all joy.
My brothers when you meet trials of various kinds.
Yeah.
Boy, we can say Hallelujah in here but you get out there and it’s gonna be ouch.
It doesn’t say that it feels joyful. It says, count it joy.
And the reason we are to count it joy is because we’re supposed to have an understanding of how these difficulties help us grow spiritually.
We never grow spiritually when everything in our life is just the way we want it to be.
I’m gonna say that again. We don’t grow spiritually.
I mean, you can learn something but you still don’t really know it if it’s just in your head and hasn’t been worked into your life yet.
The only way you ever know what you really believe is to have it put to the test.
We can sing about trust in God and we can talk about trust in God, but not one of you really knows whether or not you trust God until something happens.
That makes absolutely no sense in your life.
And you, you, you feel like it’s very unjust and not right and you can’t get any answers from God.
And you don’t feel like he’s anywhere in the neighborhood and you’re waiting and you’re waiting and you’re waiting.
That’s when you find out if you really trust God.