Truly things are worked together for our good. As I'm slowly recovering from my burnout and (legal) drug-induced coma, today I was gifted with a sermon from my pastor. He also happens to be a reckless optimist (I'm so glad I'm not the only one!), and thus endures the bite of disappointment. He reinforced one of the most important truths I've learned in this year's refinement... Jesus Christ. I mean, that's it. Jesus Christ. Really... nothing more needs to be said. I don't need to say Jesus should be your all in all or Jesus will never forsake you or Jesus is your only hope... all of which are true - but when you come to the end of your rope - as far as I've come - you realize very simply... that Jesus Christ is more than sufficient.
I'm not sure that really makes sense... but I'm writing under the influence of lack of sleep and I don't really care how it comes out... I only know that it is vital that it comes out! I read the funniest little YA book yesterday and it helped me come to the same conclusion my pastor made... you cannot live life for success. Writers have an incessant fear that their writing will be misconstrued, imperfect, or just plain unremarkable (horrors!). The book was discussing how you can't know your audience (if you're writing a book) and that in the end... the very act of writing is more important than whether it connects with or impacts the audience. When you're a writer... you need to write - no matter what.
In the same way, when a Christian is tested - literally refined in the fires - she/he believes God whether or not his/her greatest problem is solved. Whether or not your problem is solved - God will be enough. Just because he doesn't solve your immediate problem, doesn't mean He isn't good and He doesn't care. Even if you devote your entire life to stop human trafficking and it doesn't budge the numbers, God will be enough. Even if you lose everything you worked for in a disaster or theft, God will be enough. Even if you give up everything to make your marriage work and it still breaks down, God will be enough. Even if you pray for life, but end up dying, God will be enough. It's not about what He does for us, but who He is.
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