TIME TO GROW UP

God expects us to grow up. He expects us to mature. He expects us to overcome our trials. He expects us to bear the heat of our adversaries without complaining. We are to overcome our challenges. We are to tap into His grace to overcome our shortcomings. Our flesh should die. We should be people who forgive. We are not supposed to be offended. If we are offended we will desire our own way. We would like fire to consume our enemies. God expects us to endure during trials. He is expecting people who will not quit in trials. He is looking for people who are not looking for a leeway but would allow Him to train them through the trials.
Stop complaining during difficult moments. Learn to give thanks. Learn to worship. Learn to pray. Let the situation make you grow.

Jeremiah 12:1-5
UNCOMPROMISINGLY RIGHTEOUS and rigidly just are You, O Lord, when I complain against and contend with You. Yet let me plead and reason the case with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all they at ease and thriving who deal very treacherously and deceitfully?

2You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouths but far from their hearts.

3But You, O Lord, know and understand me and my devotion to You; You see me and try my heart toward You. [O Lord] pull [these rebellious ones] out like sheep for the slaughter and devote and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

4How long must the land mourn and the grass and herbs of the whole country wither? Through the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are consumed and are swept away [by the drought], because men [mocked] me, saying, He shall not [live to] see our final end.

5[But the Lord rebukes Jeremiah's impatience, saying] If you have raced with men on foot and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses? And if [you take to flight] in a land of peace where you feel secure, then what will you do [when you tread the tangled maze of jungle haunted by lions] in the swelling and flooding of the Jordan?

May His grace abound in our lives.