This is what I've learned
There are only two seasons in our lives...
"A season of blessings and a season of trials"
It's like night and day, night won't come unless the day ends and the sun won't shine until the night ends.
Here's another thing
I believe that everyone of us pray. Whatever religion or whatever you believe in , we pray, some even pray to themselves. Especially in times of trials. We always wanted trials to end and have a worry-free life but believe me or not, none of us have that kind of life. Everyone one of us have different kinds of problems that we face each day.
It is very common among us to pray really hard in the "season of trials" and then the "season of blessings" comes in.
Now, i want to ask you a question,
When the "season of blessings" comes in, do you still pray as hard as you do in the "season of trials"?
Years ago, my answer was a solid "NO", why? because before, my fears drove me into praying really hard but when the "season of blessings" came in, that fear was not there, sadly so as my prayers.
Many of us pray hard in the "season of trials" because we have fears that those trials might break us, that we might lose big because of the big problems we face.
Fear should not be a motivating factor.
So what did i do?
Instead of praying "Lord help me with my problems because i don't want to stop schooling..."
I prayed in faith "Lord whatever you want to happen in my life, i trust you, i may lose big time but i trust you and i know you won't abandon me...."
After that, the "season of blessings" came and i learned that we should pray HARDER in this season THAN in the "season of trials" because:
- You'll never know how long the season of blessings would last
- You'll be strong enough for the next season
- You'll be in faith and not in fear
- You'll be more thankful in life
- You'll be more appreciative
- You'll be more patient
- You'll be more content
After that the "season of trials" will again come but IF you pray HARDER in FAITH in the "season of blessings" believe me, no mountains of trials will ever break you.
So this is what we do :
- Pray harder in the "season of blessings" than in the "season of trials"
- Pray in faith not of fear
"Rejoice in the darkest hour of the night because you're few minutes away from sunrise"
-Abraham Lee
