Divers: of varying types; several
Fall: Move downward, typically rapid, and freely without control; lose's one balance
Joy: A feeling of great pleasure and happiness; expression of God's goodness
Temptation: The desire to do something, especially wrong or unwise. A trail in which a man has free choice of being faithful or unfaithful to God; only secondarily does it signify allurement or seduction to sin
Patience: The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset; Forbearance or endurance; quality of self-restraint
Count it all joy.....We experience so many things in our lives; our experiences vary from being happy and exciting to experiences that hurt and cause us great pain. But count it all joy! I am not saying be all excited about the experience but have joy in it as you know God is with you in the midst. Have joy because God's goodness will will shower on you in the midst of your situation.
We can handle one temptation, one situation at a time but what about when we are bombarded with multiple situations at once. Life can be overwhelming and there are so many oppurtunities to go left, especially in this day and age as we have so many oppurtunities and choices available to us. Easy accessible oppurtunities that will cause us to get off balance. We may believe we are making the right choice but yet the choice may come with negative consequences. Know this, situations that are hard to endure, situations that test your faith, like have you wondering if God is really there, if He has knowledge of your situation, and if He is going to come and relieve you.....in those situations your patience is being worked. Why must our patience be worked? Because every season of your life brings a new temptation. Everytime we go up, whether in the Lord, on our jobs, in society, especially when we go deeper in God, or become influencers, there will be so many things that come up, the level of our faith can not remain the same.
Personally, this has been a week full of temptations...can I be transparent? The enemy has been at my children, I have had to readjust some things on the job, personally emotionally I have been tried, consequences of a decison I made has had negative effects, BUT during my time with Him this morning, I was at peace, I am happy, and I just aint worried about none of it. If there was ever a time to say "it is what it is", the time is now. This time last year,I would be broke down like calling my friends broke down but I knew all of this would happen. New level different devil (I hate cliches) but I understand I have to let these issues play out because it is best for me and I will grow more in faith and it will help me endure the next season of my life.
Be encouraged that if God allowed your experience, He already has a way devised to bring you out of it. TRY not to complain, (we are still human/flesh) get in your Word and in God's face (which I have not been doing enough of), and find you some friends of faith and press. Do not be double minded! Being double minded really had me feeling like I was ablout to have mental breakdown..don't be it! Ask for insight concering your situation. I ask God, show me what you see in me, what must I do not to repeat this situation, and how can I grow from this situation. I stopped asking how long because He would never tell me and seemed liked that question prolonged my suffering lol.
dforsvisions prays that you count it all joy during your situation. I pray that God corrects your spiritual eyesite so that you are able to see Him in the midst of your situation. I pray He fills you with wisdom and knowledge of Him. I pray He not only surrounds you with friends who believe in Him but friends who help you increase your knowledge of Him and encourage you to seek Him all the more. May God have His way in all of our lives today, may we experience Him like never before, may we see Him in every experience we encounter, may our light continue to shine in the midst of adversity. ..I love you God, I adore you forgive me for not being patient and seeking my own way...In Jesus I pray and it is so....AMEN
Hallelujah anyhow !!!