The struggle is to shape you

Luís Alberto Alves

Christians are not always in good shape for the challenges that life will place before them. Like spoiled children, they get used to the easy life at home, with their family, and imagine that in the game of life they will receive the same treatment. Unfortunately, that is not how the wheel turns. They will have to face the struggles that only they will fight with their heads held high.

However, many begin to complain about God, because from a human perspective the Lord would be ungrateful for allowing them to go through this type of situation. People forget that the struggle is the way to make us grow, see new horizons and change the way we view our lives.

As many are accustomed to the ease offered by videos shown on social media, this gives rise to the mistaken idea that the same thing will happen throughout our lives. This is not the case. Therefore, my brother, my sister, it is time to wake up and learn from the lessons that the Lord offers us through the battles we face daily.

Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor.