Romans 5:3-5 assures us that We can rejoice, too when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.

So last week we talked about the Confusion Illusion the distractions and spiritual warfare well this week He’s giving us other perspectives to our storms and hardships. I believe God wants us to change how we see the storms right now and forevermore. We see our storms as bad things and He doesn’t. Remember that time when Jesus was asleep during the storm? He was worried at all we can take notes. The rain is meant to train and make things grow. Can seeds grow without water?

God allows the storms to come to do things in and for us. He’s allowing them for good reasons we may not understand while we’re in them but, we will later. There may be strongholds that He wants to break off us, idols He wants to destroy out of our hearts. There may be somethings we may have picked up that may be taken up room in our hearts that are causing rot and decay to begin like a cavity in a tooth. Or we maybe we have picked up an idol and placed it where God should be in our lives. Whatever it is God wants to get us back on track before we go too far off the right path. God allows the storms for purification, sanctification, and refining; we are to be holy like Jesus. It’s all for our good.

In the storms He’s training/preparing us for what’s ahead. There’s growth, strengthening and endurance that He wants to build in us. Let’s remember the testing we endure in school; we cannot graduate to the next grade level until we have completed all the work and testing on the current grade level. The same in our walk with Christ. He’s working in and on us to perfect our faith in Him. Like David in the field fighting off bears and lions He wants to get us ready for a tremendous victory. Training ground.

Some storms are a result of our decisions. God is disciplining us, Correcting us. He loves us that much.