When You Are Struggling Financially
Hard times are never convenient, are they? Trials are never timely. Suffering stops your life--it never feels like it fits into your life.
I know there are so many who have faced financial hardship this year. Maybe that is you. If you find yourself struggling with God's provision, use this time as an opportunity to walk in faith; to trust that He really does have you in the palm of His hand.
Growing Your Faith Through Uncertain Finances
Consider thinking back to other financial hard times you have been through. Did God leave you? Did He show up, even in the smallest ways? Remember those times because it will reaffirm you of His faithfulness. You can rest in His peace because you know He will provide for you. Because He has before!
How can this financial hardship grow your faith? How can you walk in it in such a way that brings glory to God? You know that worrying or stressing or getting anxious about it won't change your circumstances. Instead, focus your eyes on God and trust He will carry you--this will bring incredible peace.
Give Him Space to Work
You may not be able to change your situation but He can--and it may involve a little heart surgery on your part. Oh, but He is so good! Let go of the worry so it’s not cluttering the spaces in your heart where He wants to put His peace. When we carry the burden of worry, it leaves little space for His voice to be heard. That worry just gets so loud, drowning out His promises.
It’s also hard to cease striving or grasping for straws when God simply wants us to be still as He works—not only in our situation but in our hearts.
Jesus not only wants to work through you but also needs to work in you. He doesn't just want to get us from one side of the lake to the other. He uses the "middle".
Consider His History in Your Life
Consider other situations God has shown up in that, at the time, felt so dire and hopeless. He will always walk with you. He is always faithful and this time will be no different. Remember what He’s already done! Sometimes that’s all it really takes — how easily we forget!
God is your hope when things feel hopeless. He truly is the Waymaker…just believe He can.
Your Storm Doesn’t Have to Sink You
At some point in our lives, we all find ourselves in a boat in the middle of a lake. We might be there due to a job loss or the death of a loved one. Maybe disability, divorce, or financial insecurity has stranded us. We found ourselves feeling battered after five miscarriages and then surrounded by the waves with Patrick’s cancer diagnosis at age forty-three. We were alone. Drifting. And that’s when our transformation began.
In this compassionate and powerful book, we weave together lessons from their own experience with insightful Bible teaching to remind us that one of the greatest ways God transforms us is through trials. As we unpack why Jesus called the disciples into the middle of a lake when dry ground was so safe and comfortable, we help you:
understand why the depth of our hurt enables us to experience deep hope;
learn to conquer fear to experience the freedom God has for us; and
discover how God uses chaos, and not just the classroom, to shape and work through us.
Today—in your confusion about God’s intentions, your disappointment over lost dreams, your disillusionment about prayer—God is offering hope. Because Jesus is still Lord over the water. And while he is not moved by the waves, he is moved by you. And this flood might just be a path to abundance.
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With you,
Ruth
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