Monday, October 3, 2011

It's all just preparation...

This thought was encouraging to me this morning. I hope it encourages you. It's from a Beth Moore Study I'm attending on David.

" The tricky thing about God's preparation is how He prepares us -- even through trials. We find ourselves saying, "I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I never would have expected this."

Painless or painful, enjoyable or distasteful, God always works to prepare us to serve Him, but He rarely prepares us in ways we expect. Why must we experience such preparation? Because any work we've grown accustomed to is usually a work completed. As soon as we've learned one lesson, He brings another. He will continue to work in us until we see His face, because that, beloved, is the ultimate moment for which we're being prepared.

Make no mistake. Jesus will be worth it. Remember, He thought we were worth it too"