Sometimes things just don't go as we want do they. People say or do things that surprise us, or perhaps react in such a way that it leaves us feeling bemused and angry, or leaves us feeling let down.
A couple of years ago someone said that in such situations we should repeat the following to ourselves "I'm not God and it's not my world." To remind ourselves that the world does not revolve around me and my needs. The world is God's and he is working his purposes out, the best place for me to be is in the place where God wants me no matter how hard or frustrating that may be.
At root I guess the question in such situations is 'Do I believe God has my best interests at heart?' When we hear of a friends terminal illness, or a family member dies, or the things we thought God has planned for us just don't seem to be as plain sailing as we had thought they would be. I need to ask myself again 'Do I believe God has my best interests at heart?'
If God gave his Son for us at measureless cost then the answer has to be yes. God is working to knock off my rough edges, to mould me, to get me into the place he has for me no matter how hard the process may be to get there. I guess that's why one of the most common phrases in the New Testament is 'Stand firm'.
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