We might have faced or in situation which crushes or tears us a part. We must be questioning in our heart, Lord why these are happening to me? What did I do wrong, to undergo such things. Might be as King David questioned, we might be questioning Lord why there is suffering among the righteous and prosperity among wicked?
Many Christians today seem to think that faith in God comes with a guarantee of freedom from adversity. There is a wonderful verse in the book of Proverbs chapter 24, "the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes". Isn't this very clear Lord doesn't promise the righteous never falls. But He has promised though they fall, they will raise again.
We might feel that it is very simple to say the righteous rise again but how do they rise? When we read the book of psalms chapter 73, we see King David was questioning God why there is prosperity of wicked. The First thing we could see is personal spiritual turmoil. King David has mentioned, "my feet had almost slipped". Yes, our faith will be tested. When we are able to withstand the test and had strong faith that's when we will gain Lord's strength to raise again. Lord knows who we are and what we are undergoing but he waits just for us to pass our test.
Again its not so easy to keep up our faith during our spiritual turmoil. We see in the verse 17, "till I entered the sanctuary of God". Until we enter into the sanctuary of God these things worry us, try to destroy our faith and will not allow us to raise. But once we enter into sanctuary of God filled with praises, Lord's word and prayer, we will be able to understand why Lord has allowed these.
Bible says in the book of James 5:16, "..The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." So don't allow the situation to take you to the slippery ground, instead enter into the sanctuary of God and raise up again with the strength of God.
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