The Camel's Back

Ok ladies.  So this might sound like a silly question, but I'll ask it anyway.  Have you ever had one of those days when you feel as if there is one more thing thrown at you, you are just going to break?  That "one more thing" will prove to be the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.  Sometimes it's a day, sometimes it's a week, and sometimes it's a season.  Maybe it was yesterday, last week, or last month.  Maybe it's today.  Regardless of when these days, weeks, or seasons come they often tend to make us want to cry, scream, or rip our hair out.  We might not actually follow through with the crying screaming, or ripping our hair out but the feeling is still there.  Those times when we want to lift our eyes up and say "REALLY!", or better yet cast our gaze downward and utter the same thing.

It is on days like this when it is hard to swallow the words of James as he writes, "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;" (James 1:2), or the words of Paul in Romans where he writes, "but we glory in tribulations also" (Romans 5:3).  But both James and Paul go on to remind you and I as believers that these temptations and tribulations we are going through, the ones threatening to break the "camel's back”, are developing the patience and perseverance of our faith.  They are not pleasant and do not feel good when we are going through them, but just as Job’s perseverance through the trials and tribulations thrown at him proved his faith, so too will our perseverance be proof our great faith in the Lord.

Take a look at Job 1 and 2.  The LORD had great confidence in Job’s faith, and He has great confidence in your faith as well.

So on those days when you feel as if one more thing thrown at you is going to break “the camel’s back”, just remember:

                                                      The Lord believes in you.

                                                      He has confidence in you,

                                                                 In your faith.

                                                                       and

                                                    In your commitment to Him.

So embrace this day, week, or season of trial knowing of Your Father’s great faith and confidence in you.  And let this not be a time of defeat, but instead a time of victory!