Today’s message shifted my understanding about what we go through as Christians.
We read about when Peter rebuked Jesus for speaking about His death. Peter loved Jesus and did not want Him to suffer, but he was thinking naturally instead of spiritually. Jesus corrected him because what Peter was trying to stop was actually the will of God.
Matthew 16:21–23 (KJV) shows that even love, when it is not aligned with God, can still be out of order. Peter’s response came from emotion, not alignment.
This made me reflect on how often we misunderstand hardship.
Sometimes when things go wrong, we immediately think something is wrong with us, that we made a mistake, or that we are being punished. But everything we go through is not always because something is wrong.
Romans 8:28 reminds us that all things work together for good to them that love God and are called according to His purpose.
What we experience can be God’s will, correction, or a test.
1 Peter 4:12 tells us not to think it is strange when we face trials.
As believers, we have to stop assuming that hardship means something is wrong with us. God is in control, and there is purpose behind what He allows.
Another key takeaway is that walking with God is daily.
Luke 9:23 teaches us to deny ourselves, take up our cross daily, and follow Him. This means we do not just get saved and stop there. Every day we must deny ourselves, choose the Spirit over the flesh, and align with God again. It is a daily decision, not a one-time event.
I also reflected on how God trains us before He sends us out.
Hebrews 12:11 explains that correction does not feel good in the moment, but afterward it produces righteousness.
James 1:3–4 shows that the trying of our faith produces patience and maturity.
What feels like pressure is often training. God is building our response, our obedience, and our endurance before He entrusts us with more. Before elevation, there is preparation.
Personally, I recognized my response pattern when things go wrong.
My natural reaction has been to ask what I did wrong, how I can fix it, and to immediately go into self-blame and pressure.
But I learned that my first response should not be panic or condemnation.
My new response is to say, “Lord, fix me first,” and “Lord, I agree with You first.”
Proverbs 3:5–6 reminds me to trust in the Lord with all my heart and not lean on my own understanding, and He will direct my path.
Instead of trying to control the situation, I am choosing to align myself with God first.
The truth is that what happens will happen, but how I respond determines how I walk through it.
If God fixes me first, then I can handle whatever He allows.
Galatians 5:16 teaches us to walk in the Spirit so we do not fulfill the lust of the flesh. This is how we stay aligned, carry our cross daily, and continue to grow.
The reason I do not panic anymore when things go wrong is because I choose to align and agree with God first, and I trust Him to fix me for whatever I am facing.
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March 22 Reflection
Today’s message shifted my understanding about what we go through as Christians.
We read about when Peter rebuked Jesus for speaking about His death. Peter loved Jesus and did not want Him to suffer, but he was thinking naturally instead of spiritually. Jesus corrected him because what Peter was trying to stop was actually the will of God.
Matthew 16:21–23 (KJV) shows that even love, when it is not aligned with God, can still be out of order. Peter’s response came from emotion, not alignment.
This made me reflect on how often we misunderstand hardship.
Sometimes when things go wrong, we immediately think something is wrong with us, that we made a mistake, or that we are being punished. But everything we go through is not always because something is wrong.
Romans 8:28 reminds us that all things work together for good to them that love God and are called according to His purpose.
What we experience can be God’s will, correction, or a test.
1 Peter 4:12 tells us not to think it is strange when we face trials.
As believers, we have to stop assuming that hardship means something is wrong with us. God is in control, and there is purpose behind what He allows.
Another key takeaway is that walking with God is daily.
Luke 9:23 teaches us to deny ourselves, take up our cross daily, and follow Him. This means we do not just get saved and stop there. Every day we must deny ourselves, choose the Spirit over the flesh, and align with God again. It is a daily decision, not a one-time event.
I also reflected on how God trains us before He sends us out.
Hebrews 12:11 explains that correction does not feel good in the moment, but afterward it produces righteousness.
James 1:3–4 shows that the trying of our faith produces patience and maturity.
What feels like pressure is often training. God is building our response, our obedience, and our endurance before He entrusts us with more. Before elevation, there is preparation.
Personally, I recognized my response pattern when things go wrong.
My natural reaction has been to ask what I did wrong, how I can fix it, and to immediately go into self-blame and pressure.
But I learned that my first response should not be panic or condemnation.
My new response is to say, “Lord, fix me first,” and “Lord, I agree with You first.”
Proverbs 3:5–6 reminds me to trust in the Lord with all my heart and not lean on my own understanding, and He will direct my path.
Instead of trying to control the situation, I am choosing to align myself with God first.
The truth is that what happens will happen, but how I respond determines how I walk through it.
If God fixes me first, then I can handle whatever He allows.
Galatians 5:16 teaches us to walk in the Spirit so we do not fulfill the lust of the flesh. This is how we stay aligned, carry our cross daily, and continue to grow.
The reason I do not panic anymore when things go wrong is because I choose to align and agree with God first, and I trust Him to fix me for whatever I am facing.
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