“When you’re up against a struggle that shatters all your dreams and your hopes have been cruelly crushed by Satan’s manifested schemes. And you feel the urge within you to submit to earthly fears, don’t let the faith you’re standing in seem to disappear–PRAISE THE LORD!” These words of the song–Praise the Lord, came to me this morning as I was struggling through something before me. I was journaling about this struggle and asking Jesus just what He wanted me to do with it? Immediately these words came to me–Praise the Lord.

The idea of praising God in the midst of a struggle is so counter to our flesh. All I want to do is cry out to God for help and He wants me to cry out to Him in praise. It is not that I haven’t experienced the value of this lesson before. But let some time pass and I have to learn it all over again. Somehow, God uses all of our struggles for His Glory when we finally get our eyes off of the struggle and onto Him.

Only God can take the struggles of our flesh and turn them into His blessings. I’ve had to learn this lesson many times and today I’ve now chalked up another time I’ve learned this same lesson! I’m so glad God is so Patient!