God wants us to be happy

 Joy in the midst of suffering, the Bible is full of people who were Joyful even though they were in pain & suffering.

We haven't explored life so much with the gifts that we have and most often like Israelites complain God about the pain & suffering.

 Joseph in pit, Daniel in Lion's den, David in wilderness, Apostle Paul in Prison exhibited great faith, but also exhibited another important aspect in life and that is endurance or long suffering.

Matthew 24:13 KJV

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

What worrying does:

It brings down your energy level, it stops God's Blessing for your life. Often every Godly suffering is a blessing in disguise. If Joseph was just worrying and wondering about the pit or the prison saying the pit is this dimensions and the prison is for a misjudgment etc he wouldn't have come out of with the pit or prison to be the second only powerfully person. But, he was joyful in God, he was able to endure the sufferings.

The best of all examples is our lord and savior Jesus Christ's. Hebrew 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

all things work together for good to those who love God - Rom 8:28

 

Romans 8:28

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28. ... It says: “In everything give thanks.” Both “bad” and good.



Today, as I was about to go to a place where we sought permission to distribute about 30 English NTs(New Testaments) yesterday, after reaching the place I realized that we didn't have enough NTs (had only 10-15) and the other box which I took was having only Kannada NTs, was so disappointed since I had also informed another Gideon to come to the place for distribution, He had already left home and has come to the place of distribution, but since we didn't have enough NTs we decided to seek permissions in the nearby Hotels and God helped us to get the permission from a Hotel which has 24 rooms in it. If in case we had the 30 English NTs with us, we would have only given those in this place, we might not have went to seek permission to the Hotels.

At the moment we got the permission, I just remembered the verse from Romans 8:28

Paul the Apostle wrote this Epistle to explain that salvation is offered through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Romans is the longest of the Pauline epistles.

Relying on God and His Word will enable us to see "Things working for Good", Note "All".

All and Everything:
I was little frustrated that I didn't have enough NTs, but asked God for his Wisdom and he helped us to go further to seek permission to the near by Hotels.

1 Timothy 1:17

New Living Translation

17 All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen.