It is not a coincidence. It's not luck. It's not an accident that you're watching this video right now.
I strongly believe God put this on your feed and you clicked on this video for a reason. Every decision and every action you've made in your life has led up to this moment right now. God knows.
He knows you're tired. He knows you're trying. He knows exactly what you're going through.
And he has a purpose for your pain, a reason for your struggle, and a reward for your faithfulness. Grapes have to be crushed to make wine. Olives have to be pressed to make oil.
Seeds grow in darkness. Diamonds form under pressure. If you feel crushed, pressed in darkness under pressure, you're in a powerful place right now for God to completely transform your life.
It might feel like the devil is burying you, but that is actually God planting you. The Bible says, "Let us not become tired of doing good. For at just the right time, we will reap a harvest of blessing if we do not give up.
You're not behind in life. You're not a failure, and you're not a mistake. God hasn't forgotten about you.
He's not mad at you, and he hasn't turned his back on you. His plan is perfect, and his timing is always worth the wait. God is never late.
We're just impatient. God is also never early. He's not on my time.
He's not on your time. He is on time and you are right where you need to be right now. Maybe the reason God's not changing your situation is because he's using that situation to change you.
Fix your relationship with God and he will fix everything else in your life. Put God first and everything else will fall into place. The Bible says, "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you.
" The Bible says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path.
God is writing your story. Stop trying to steal the pen. He has you where you are right now for a reason.
Let go and let God because he knows what he's doing. The same way you can relax on a plane when you don't know the pilot or a bus when you don't know the driver. You can relax in life knowing that God is in control.
God already took care of and solved your greatest problem at the cross. So surely you can trust him with the smaller ones. God didn't remove the Red Sea.
He parted it. Sometimes God doesn't remove your problems. He makes a way through them.
And you don't have to know all the answers when you know the one who does. You don't have to know the why, when, where, or the how when you know the who. Listen, the temporary loss and pain you're going through is nothing compared to the eternal joy and victory you're going to.
Jesus said in the Bible, "Can you add a single hour to your life by worrying? " Now, it sounds like he's being a little sarcastic, cuz obviously you can't. No amount of anxiety changes the future, and no amount of regret changes the past, but any amount of gratitude changes the present.
The Bible says, "Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing, and give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus. " God cares about you so much.
In the Bible, he said he wants you to cast all your cares upon him because he cares for you. The storm that was sent to break you is going to be the storm that God uses to make you. One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Genesis 50:20.
You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good. God will take everything the devil meant for evil in your life and turn it around for your good. God will take the enemy's weapon and defeat the enemy with his own weapon.
Look at the story of David and Goliath. After David slingshotted Goliath, he took the sword of Goliath, which was gigantic, and he cut off his head. Stop letting the devil steal your story and start letting Jesus rewrite it.
Everything that's out of your control is in God's control. And he promised, he's working all things, not some things, all things together for your good. Isaiah 41:10 says, "Fear not, for I am with you.
Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you.
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Listen, there will be trials and tribulations in life. But God promised to carry you through every single storm and give you strength to make it even when you feel like you can't.
Peter slept in prison. Daniel slept in a lion's den. Jesus slept in a storm.
When you have God, you can have rest. Peace is not the absence of trouble. It's the presence of God.
Even if you lost everything in life, but you still have God, you lost nothing. Because if God is all you have, you have all you need. Your job is temporary.
Your money is temporary. Your stress is temporary. Your life is temporary.
But your relationship with Jesus is forever. And nobody can take that away from you. God never promised us an easy life.
But he did promise to be with us in everything we go through. And he is not only with you, he is for you. And if he is for you, it doesn't matter who's against you.
He's not only fighting your battles, he's winning your battles. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. No demon in hell can stop what God is about to do in your life.
If a giant couldn't stop David, a wall couldn't stop Joshua, the sea couldn't stop Moses, the grave couldn't stop Jesus, then nothing and no one can stop you or God's perfect plan for your life. God already factored in the mistakes you would make when he planned out your life. You can't mess up God's plan.
There is no sin of yours that is greater than God's love for you. God fully knows and loves you. He knows the very worst about you.
Yet, he's the one that loves you the very most. You've given him so many reasons not to love you. But none of them have ever changed his mind.
God doesn't just love all of us. He loves each of us. And he loves each of us as if there was only one of us.
If you were the only person who needed to be saved, Jesus still would have went to the cross for you. God loves you so much that he was not willing to spend eternity without you. He sent his only son to die the death you should have died.
Live the life you could never live. Not only to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you. God treated Jesus as if he commit every sin ever committed by every person who would ever believe, even though he commit none of them.
In other words, God treated Jesus as if he lived our life. He punished him for our sin. And then he turned right around and treats us as if we lived the life of Jesus, which was holy, blameless, and perfect.
When God looks at the cross, he sees you. When he sees you, he sees Jesus. Stop saying life is unfair.
Because the most unfair thing of all time is God's love for you. If you feel unfairly hated by people, remind yourself you're even more unfairly loved by God. Jesus was literally perfect and people still hated him.
Stop looking for validation in a world that crucified a perfect man. What God knows about you is a lot more important than what people think about you. You are not defined by what people say about you.
You are defined only by what God says about you. And what he says about you is that you are his masterpiece. fearfully and wonderfully made.
A child of God who is fully known and loved. Made in the image of God, cared for, protected, redeemed and forgiven, chosen, blessed, set free, victorious, and not fearful. Because you are more than a conqueror in Christ.
And God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and a sound mind. God hears your prayers. He sees your tears.
He knows what you're going through. and he has not forgotten about you. He cares about you and he will make a way for you.
Your pain has a purpose. Your struggle has a meaning. And with God, the comeback is always greater than the setback.
I know you didn't come across this video on accident. I want to encourage you. Trust in God because he will never fail you.
He will never leave you and he is always faithful. Share this video with someone who needs to hear it. Like this video if it was helpful.
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Guys got you. I'm telling you.
