A tailor-made way
The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him. (Psalm 37:23 NIV)
As much as we would like it, life is not always as wonderful as we’d wish, and we sometimes find ourselves having to brave the tumult of experiences that are hard to bear. Sometimes, when our patience and faith are tried, when all our attempts to do the right thing end up caked in the mud of problems and troubles, it seems impossible to find a sense of value in what we’re doing.
It’s easy under these circumstances to feel like our days are as hard to wade through as a mud pit, but we can draw encouragement and motivation from the fact that we’re not alone. God’s power and love have to be demonstrated in the worst of times as well as the best. They have to work in the mud, not just the palace.
What about Jesus? He certainly had “mud” time! He even said, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
Jesus works in each of our lives in a tailor-made way because no two people or lives are exactly the same. God’s examples of those He calls great all had one thing in common: they were determined to stay faithful through times when they couldn’t see God’s plan for them. Whatever the present and future hold for you, remember that He’s promised He will walk through it all by your side, whether in the palace or the mud. [1]
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. - Napoleon Hill (1883–1970)
[1] Activated Mud and Palaces
