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 alarmed. But then I heard my wife on the piano playing, “How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord...”. The Lord spoke to us both on how we desperately needed to base our strength in Him, and Him alone. The apostles of Jesus Christ were constantly tested. The apostle Paul was thrown in jail and beaten time and time again. 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 was sufficient and still is, as my wife was healed! The life of following Christ was not promised to be without trails. To be content in our trials, we must allow the Spirit of God to speak His sufficiency in every circumstance. So learn to be content and be a testimony of Christ to others. They will notice, and you’ll get a chance to tell them about your Savior.
