Notes of Faith July 15, 2026
Purpose in Trials
Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.”
Job 42:1-2
People often refer to “the patience of Job.” But truth be told, Job was not all that patient—he persisted in declaring his own innocence. It was not until God revealed Himself to Job at the end of his trials that Job repented of his self-defense and yielded himself to God’s sovereign will and wisdom.
The hardest thing about going through a time of trouble is continuing to walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Faith means trusting God and His purposes, even when we can’t see or understand His reasons. In the Old Testament, Joseph is a good example of one who realized that God had a sovereign purpose for the suffering he had endured. He declared to his brothers, the ones who had sold him into slavery in Egypt, that God had sent him to Egypt to prepare for the salvation of his family during a time of famine (Genesis 45:4-8).
When you experience a time of difficulty, stay focused on God and His sovereign purposes in your life. Trust that He has a plan for you.
Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
Corrie ten Boom
I don’t truly “know” anyone who has not experienced trying times. Some of them, incredibly difficult and painful times. I have learned to have compassion for all people…for we all experience trials of various kinds. Let us pray for intimacy with God, for His grace and mercy to be poured out on those He created and loves. Let us encourage and lift up the fallen, disappointed, hurting, grieving, embarrassed, even those deserving punishment for rebelling against God, for we were once in the same position. May we respond each day in faith, praying for greater faith to be given us, drawing closer to the love of God each day, greeting the Lord in prayer early in the morning to begin whatever the day might bring!
“Faith is the victory that overcomes the world”
Jesus is the victor – our daily walk of faith must be in Him!
Pastor Dale