Trials And Tribulations Are Ordered of The Lord

The Church is not a building but a body of believer’s who are blood bought, baptized in Jesus Name,

filled with the Holy Ghost, and looking forward to spending eternity in paradise with the King of Glory!

We must realize we are flesh; we are human. The Church is not perfect. There are many imperfections,

and there are the strong and the weak. As Christ endured the suffering of the cross, He had a choice. He

could have called ten thousand angels, but He endured the suffering of the cross instead. We don’t

really know what took place on the cross of calvary that day. We don’t know what Jesus had to face in

the spirit realm of this present world or what forces of hell that were coming against him. Nevertheless,

He rose in victory and took the keys to death, hell, and the grave from Satan.

The birth of the Church at Pentecost represented hope. As Christ suffered on the cross, the Church will

also suffer through trial and tribulations in this present world. Satan’s goal is to weaken and destroy

the Church which will take away the hope of salvation to a lost and dying world.

For the Church, trials and tribulations were designed to build faith. The Bible gives us promises of

deliverance, healings, love, peace and joy, restoration of families and eternal life. This is what the

Church stands for in the face of a lost and dying world. When trials and tribulations come into the

Church it was God who ordered it. He desires to increase our faith in Him. He wants us to know that He

is well able to take care of our every need and bring us through in victory and praise as a testimony of

His great power, love and His mercy. Don’t think it’s strange when trials and tribulation come. Psalms

37:23 says “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD.” Our steps are ordered of the Lord for

His glory. This is the calling of the church to bring hope to a lost world.

The Bible says in Matt 5:14 “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.” You

are the Church of the living God. Remember the world is watching you, let them see Christ in you the

hope of glory.

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.

Brother Tolbert