WHEN YOU ARE TRIED, NOT IF

HALLELUJAH!
BLESS GOD
FOR THIS IS THE DAY THAT HE MADE.
AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I AM GOING TO BE GLAD AND REJOICE RIGHT ON IN IT!

NO CORPORATION SPONSORED THE SUN COMING UP SO THAT THEY COULD STAMP THEIR LOGO ON IT.
NO MANAGER OR CEO IS IN CHARGE OF THE MOON GOING DOWN.

THERE IS NO HUGE CRANE OR LIFT THAT HAULS THE CLOUDS UP AND INFLATES THEM.
THERE IS NO SPECIAL SATELLITE THAT CARRIES THE STARS UP AT NIGHT.

IT'S NOT A CONCENTRATION OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THAT FORMED THE PERFECT ATMOSPHERE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A BREATH THIS MORNING.

IT'S NOT BY A RANDOM DRAWING THAT I AM BLESSED THIS DAY.

IT WAS GOD.
IT IS GOD WHO SUPPLIED GRACE FOR US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
AMEN

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.
James 1:12

We have a promise here from the Father.
This promise is directed to them that love God.
Who are they?

1John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous.

God's Spirit is love.
1John 4:13
Hereby we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He hath given us of His Spirit.

1John 4:12
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1 Corinthians 13

God has children in this earth and they are identified not by the clothes that they wear or the cars that they drive or the houses that they live in because the heathen possess wealth.

But God's children are identified by the love that flows through them.

Satan has children in this earth and they are not identified by the cars that they drive the clothes that they wear or the homes that they live in, they are identified by not loving others but by placing self love above everything including God.

They don't care what you going through, it's all about them and selfish is their middle name.
If they can't use you or abuse you , you have no purpose in their life.

Lovers of themselves above God.

LISTEN
...the last days will be marked by lovers of money, people who love themselves and not their fellow man, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying it's power...

Love doesn't operate in the manner above.

These are the ones who are Satan's sent agents in this earth to come and try you.
The devil has a ministry too!

Just like the Father works through His children to come and administer the Word that will save a man, heal a man and set a man free, the enemy works through agents of ignorance (they don't know) to administer a word that will destroy, bind and weigh a man or woman down.

The sower sows the Word of God and Mark 4:15b says:
...Satan comes immediately, and taketh away the Word that was sown in their heart.

The Word of God is sown in your heart and then a co-worker, family members, TV shows, or celebrities will come along and say what some comedian said and you will get to laughing and taking that in and now you done let your guard down, opened your heart for attack and in comes the enemy.

So crisis hits in your life or your family and you can't deal with it because you have allowed gossip and malice and nastiness to crowd out the very Word that God planted in your heart to keep you and walk you through trial unscratched.

Did you know all that mouth running instead of praying is causing stress in your life?
You know that stress from lying and deceit creates sickness?

That ain't God's will for you.

Now the enemy may send an agent or 2 or 8, are you ready?

You are now being equipped with the tactics so that you can guard your heart and protect your seed.
Learning to use the temptation and trial as a refining fire.

Honey have you ever seen two wrestlers where one has the other pinned for a second and then the one on the bottom flips the script?

Yes babies, God can flip this.

I been taught to know my enemies and to know my support and don't think for one minute that I don't know.

See the world system says to keep your friends close but your enemies closer, the bible says something completely different.

It says pray for them jokers and don't let them ruin your witness by association.

2 Timothy 3:1-9, 1John 4,5; 1Corinthians 13
Think on these things.
LOVE