We live in a world of the flesh. It is understandable why we see material victories as good. Anytime we can defeat disease, pain, suffering, hunger, homelessness, poverty, and hundreds of other trials people are going through, it is seen as a victory.
This is normal but is it a victory spiritually? I have seen many times when a person goes through a trial in their life, that they seek God because they have nowhere else to go. The trial might be a result of their own foolishness, the selfish work of others or a natural disaster, but in all these trials God uses it for a spiritual victory in the person's life.
Our struggle in the world for comfort, safety, and survival, is good. God created us that way, but there is also a spiritual side to our struggles. Satan wants to destroy you and so does the world. In the world, it is the strong who survive. God, however, wants you to have an eternal victory which will help you to know and grow in your relationship with God.
Always pray for people who are going through a trial, but remember that God might be allowing that trial to occur so that they might learn a spiritual lesson and come to depend on Him. It is in the trials that the spirit of man grows. Perhaps God wants you to pray for them to learn from the trial so that it will end quickly.
A weightlifter works with heavy weights to build up his body. It is the resistance of those weights which strain his muscles and cause them to grow stronger. In our lives, it is the trials which cause our spiritual muscles to strain and grow stronger. It is not always easy but spiritual growth comes through spiritual sweat.
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