Strength Building

"The strain of life is what builds strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength." - Oswald Chambers

God does not expect us to live without trial...without temptation...without conviction. In fact, it is in these times that He grows us the most. God uses these times to reveal those imperfections in our hearts that need repair and draws forth the need and the will within us to change. It is this constant molding and refining that God purposefully uses to make us into the people he has originally created us to be.
The strain in the world is what calls us to draw closer to him as He works on our character, building strength from within.
And we NEED it! We need the strength to choose right over wrong and the strength to stand up for what we believe in - even when we don't want to. We need the strength to choose the correct choice when we so badly desire the wrong one. For if we give into our flesh, we have taken one more step further away from our Lord. Therefore, we must be thankful for the strain in each of our lives and acknowledge it as a time of refinement as we continue to walk - one step at a time.