No More Bad Days

// Craig Hagin

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED HOW SOMETIMES THE SMALLEST THING CAN SET YOU OFF AND CAUSE YOU TO STRESS OUT? FOR CHRISTIANS, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY REASON FOR US TO LOSE OUR PEACE. NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE FACING, GOD IS ABLE TO DO IMMEASURABLY MORE THAN WE COULD EVER IMAGINE (EPH. 3:20). HE CAN TURN ANY SITUATION AROUND.

GOD'S PEACE passes all understanding (Phil. 4:7). For that peace to dwell in our hearts, we have to decide that we are going to let God reign in every situation we face. When we do this, adversity will quit being a trial. But if you think about it, since the Bible says we are more than conquerors (Rom. 8:37), and that we always triumph in Christ (2 Cor. 2:14), nothing should be trying for us.

The Greater One lives inside us. We are the temple of the liv- ing God (1 Cor. 3:16). Wherever we go, He goes with us. Wher- ever we are, He is there. He promised to never leave us or forsake us (Heb. 13:5). But all too often, many Christians only "feel" His presence when they go to church and begin singing songs of praise during the worship service.

Second Timothy 1:6 says, "I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee." Paul is telling us to constantly stir up in our remembrance Who is in us and everything that is available to us.

Everything that God is dwells in us. We can, therefore, tap into God's wisdom and knowledge, as well as His strength and peace. Second Timothy 1:7 says that we have love, power, and a sound mind dwelling inside us. God has provided us with health, healing, and prosperity. He wants us to live life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10).

We have so much inside us, but often we do so little with it. Sometimes I think God becomes frustrated whenever we try to work things out on our own and He has already placed so much in us.

With God in us, we should never let the devil cause us to have a bad day. Anytime we're facing tests and trials, we can choose not to worry about it. If anyone in the world should be happy, it should be us.
Life will be tough at times. We live in a real world with a real devil. But we have to learn not to look at our circumstances. When things are tough, instead of focusing on what is surrounding
us, we need to close our eyes and look inside.

James, the brother of Jesus, shows us how to stand strong during adversity.
JAMES 1:2–7
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall intodivers temptations;
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. "Temptations" in this passage of scripture can mean trials, adverse cir- cumstances, or any bad thing. James is giving us a reality check. He's letting us know that the devil will attack us. We should never think that we're too "spiritual" to escape his attacks. But God didn't leave us defenseless against Satan's schemes. When we don't know what to do, we just have to ask for wisdom. We have a direct power connection with the King of Kings, the creator of the universe. And He promises us that whenever we ask Him for wisdom, He will give it to us liberally.

Where many Christians mess up is that they waver. They go to God, but then they begin to wonder if He will really help them. They've forgotten that God is not a man that He should lie (Num. 23:19). In fact, it is impossible for Him to lie (Heb. 6:18). So anytime we need help, we can be confident that He will help us when we ask.

Then when the attacks come, we can stand strong, because we know with complete assurance that God will see us through. That's why we can "count it all joy." We're not looking at the adversity in front of us—we're looking to the Greater One in us. And we're expecting the victorious outcome that God has promised us.