Enough

Do you ever go through a day just thinking that nothing can go your way? No matter what you do it seems like you cannot get a break and sometimes it just feels like most of your life runs that way. Well you are not the only one and there is hope for you and everyone else. Everyone hits times in life that seem to just rough them up and an escape seems impossible. Here is another one... Do you ever feel like things could be better even when they are going good? Maybe even the rough times seem better because at least you knew it would be constant? I can tell you that you are not the only one to have ever experienced this and you most certainly will not be the last. When these times hit, you just have to try and remember that the blessing is right around the corner. In most cases it will be more than you could have ever imagined as long as you have faith and believe. You cannot receive if you are not open to the greatness presented before you. Sometimes it is a big step out and you just have to trust what your heart is telling you so that you can step up and grab a hold of it. Fighting through things is not an easy thing to do but God will be enough for you and he will provide the necessary tools to bring you through things. I watched a comedy the other night with the story being about the first guy who was ever able to lie. He told people that a man in the sky allowed for bad things to happen to people. They were outraged and cursed the man in the sky when he heard this but when he told them that he was more responsible for the positive things and the gifts they had received, then they thought the man in the sky was better but kind of twisted. The point being that everyone wants God to be just but only when it is for the common good. If he allows something bad to happen then immediately he becomes the villain. Continue to thank God for what he will bring you through because he has special ideas for you in the end if you can make it through the tough times with him.

The Israelites went through this sam period of trial in the desert and they even wished they could go back into Egypt and slavery! They complained that God was not providing them with enough after he had pulled them miraculously from the clutches of a mighty pharaoh. In Exodus 16:3 they are quoted as saying, " 'If only we had died by the Lord's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.' " Now after hearing their cry, God provided the manna and quail from heaven but not too long later they were complaining again and they even avoided the promised land because they did not believe that God would provide what they needed. When we let fear dictate our next step, it typically leads to failure. That may come as a big surprise but fear of anything often leads to failure. Success usually comes when you overcome that fear and it can be in the midst of a challenge and change the outcome. The Israelites had so much going for them and they still complained. I feel like we do this a lot of the time and we just need to remember that God is enough and he will supply all that we need. I kick myself sometimes because of things I buy and I can think something through for a long time but still can doubt decision after I have made a purchase. Then, I go on and complain that I do not have money for other things. God is teaching me right now the value of things monetary as well as sentimentally. We cannot just continue to pass on good opportunities in life and we have to learn how to take ahold of a situation so that we can make the best of it and not look back and wonder if we did things right. We can make it through as long as we continue to carry the right attitude and work diligently to get to the end.

I hope all is going well, please continue to pray for me and I am praying for those who have requested prayer. God is doing awesome things. I want to remember the youth group at Church at Chapel Hill as they lost a student this past week and are headed to camp this week. Pray that God continues to move in the lives of the students as they are an amazing group of kids.

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson