trials

I have seen so many Christians thinking that God does not love or care about them because of the bad things happening in their life’s. This is a lie from Satan to keep Christians away from God.
Trials are from God because God do test us. Tribulations come from people (under the influence of Satan) and circumstances, temptations from Satan using our own flesh to conceive us. It is very important to distinguish between them, if not, we can make mistakes to blame God for the wrongs in our lives.

Trials
Christians have to face many trials. Poverty and persecution appear to have been the biggest trials faced by Christians, but in all kinds of difficulties that can create threats to our faith in God—sickness, the death of loved ones, a rebellious child, a hated job.
Trials, which test us as fire refines or, lead to a more settled, stable Christian character; and as we continue taking a Christian viewpoint on trials, this perseverance will be able to finish its work of producing strong, mature, unshakable believers. Christians must take a characteristically Christian perspective on life. Wisdom in the Bible is a practical, down-to-earth virtue that provides its possessor with insight into the WILL and WAYS of God.
1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Temptations
A temptation is the inner attraction to sin. What I am concerned about is that Christians will be confuse these two and attribute temptation to God. Scripture indicates that God
does “TEST” or put his people through trials (Gen. 22:1). But, this scripture positively declare that God never tempts his people
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
He never entices them to SIN or desires that they fail in the trials He may bring. Believers must never excuse their sin by blaming God for the temptation.
Whatever the temptation, God commands Christians to REJOICE
James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
How is this possible? By recognizing that God can use these temptations to produce, Christians who are “MATURE and COMPLETE”
1 Corinthians 10:13a There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not SUFFER YOU to be TEMPTED ABOVE THAT YE ARE ABLE; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
YES, God is faithful and with every temptation that comes to our side, we can know that it’s not ABOVE us. We CAN HANDLE IT. Its good to know – but God did not stop here He even gives us more………
1 Corinthians 10:13b but will with the temptation also MAKE A WAY TO ESCAPE, that ye may be able to bear it.
God is so good to us. YES, there is a way to escape temptations to enable us to overcome Satan and to live a life in the fullness that God has created us for.
Christ was made a curse for us, He died a cursed death. Did thorns come in with sin? He was CROWNED WITH THORNS for us. Did sweat come in with sin? He SWEAT FOR US, as it had been GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD. Did sorrow come in with sin? He was a MAN OF SORROWS; His soul was, in His agony, exceeding sorrowful. Did death come in with sin? He BECOMES OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH. Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ.

Tribulations
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Being a Christian is no guarantee for a smooth live. We will have tribulations.
Romans 5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
If you pray and ask God to give you patience, look our tribulation is on its way to you. All things that are good for us are not always pleasant to go through. We need to remember that we glory in tribulations.
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Tribulation will not have the power to take us from God but bring us closer to God.
2 Corinthians 7:4b I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
Its totally un-understandable how can someone be exceeding joyful in tribulations but its with the eye’s fixed on the fruit of the spirit that we can be.
Remember:
In trials we persevere because it’s strengthens our faith.
In Temptations we count it all joy. The joy of the Lord is our strength.
In Tribulation we glory because it helps us to be patient.