Summary: Finding strength in Christ can be a struggle during difficult times. When my wife, Pat, was first diagnosed with cancer my heart was broken. I came home feeling so helpless. But then I heard my wife on the piano playing, “How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord...” and so on. The Lord spoke to us both on how we desperately needed to base our strength in Him alone. The apostles of Jesus Christ were constantly tested. The apostle Paul was thrown in jail again and again and beaten several times. Paul could have cried out to the Lord, “I’m your apostle. I follow your truth, so why do I deserve this?” But Paul said, “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” He says I have learned to be content. As with Paul, I had to learn to trust the Holy Spirit that He is sufficient while my wife battled cancer. And He is still sufficient 30 years later, as my wife was healed by His grace. The life of following Christ was not promised to be without trails. To be content in our trials, we must allow the Spirit to speak His sufficiency in every circumstance. So learn to be content and to be a testimony of Christ to others around you. They will notice, and you’ll get a chance to tell them about your Savior.
