The Paradox

This morning I was reading the portion on David's account, when he rested from war and fell into the sin of adultery and murder in 2 Samuel 11. The greatest sin he committed was when he was exalted as a king and while in a peaceful situation. Prior to this, he was running for his life from pillar to post. At such time of trials and hardships he experienced the Lord a lot and trusted in Jehovah for any decision he would make. But when, that time of trials was over and the day dawned for him, and everything seemed to be at peace and rest, he committed the biggest of blunders. 

Similarly in my case too, when things are trying and trials pivoting I was very very much exercised in my spirit and in my living, and trusted the Lord a lot. But when things are all "cool" and "fine" and seeming peaceful and at rest, often its like the flesh let loose. The real peace is the inward peace in the Lord when all of outside is in utter disorder.

God is sovereingly wise in that He cause His beloved to go through trials and temptations at times. I experienced the Lord more during such times, but I do not pray for such trials either. Let the Lord in His time allow for perfecting me. Now I could understand why the early believers and apostles had to go through so much trials. The more the fire of trials, the stronger they become and the word multiplied even faster. What a misunderstanding and blindness would it be if Christian expects a Christian life to be a bed of roses? Quite contrarily, it should be a narrow way infested with thorns to be tread upon barefooted.

Cynically, this sounds paradoxically true, and it is, indeed. For though we are in the world, we are not of this world. This is a sure sign that we should not cast any hope on this earth and not put any trust on anything in the world but in God and in Him alone.