There are things I can't control so I live it at Your hands Lord
"God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other."
We've all prayed the serenity prayer. I do. Many times. When I am faced with circumstances I cannot control and I entrust it to God.
It scares us to be in a circumstance we can't control. We wanted to be in a safe environment where we can flourish.
But life is not a game. It is a warfare and if you're not strategic and tactical in how you live, this life will swallow you whole.
As a believer in Christ, our enemies are the flesh, the world and the devil. And the devil and the flesh often cooperate with the world which will include people who don't always have our best interests in their hearts.
No matter how careful we try to live (not to mention if you're careless, you can exponentially multiply the dangers), we sometimes find ourselves under the machination of some people in their quest for power (whatever form it takes- promotions, wealth building, power grabs, etc). There are things we cannot control.
So what do we do? If we fight everything, pretty soon we'll lose energy. We need to accept the fact that there are things we can't change and doesn't need to fight, but accept with serenity and trust towards our God.
Sometimes in our desire to right the wrong, we actually make it worse. It would be better to let God be God and handle the situation for He is our Avenger, "Vengeance is mine."
Sometimes things happen as a result of being part of this fallen world. We should trust that God allows things to happen for a good purpose - maybe pedagogical to teach us how to be strong. One thing we should never think is God is trying to harm you. In His love, He has your best interest and if it takes suffering to do it, He will allow it.
We usually endure pain so we can have a body we can display before judges. Let us endure suffering so we can display Christ likeness before the Bema.
Hold on, pain ends. That is H. O. P. E.
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