I was once asked why someone who loves God so much and tries to do everything right, gets knocked down and deals with so much issues in life. I did not quite know how to answer that at the time because it was a question that I have asked myself many times. "God, why is it that I try to do as you ask me to do and I keep being hit with challenges and obstacles?"

Now, that I have studied the bible deeper, I have realized that not one person who gave their life to God had it easy. A whole book of people who had an encounter with God and would always deal with challenges in their lives but what I noticed remained consistent throughout the Bible, God helped them deal with those challenges and they came out the other side better for it.

One does not seek God so their lives can be problem-free. That is impossible because this is not heaven. This is a place that is sinful and diseased. We always will be hit with challenges because we have to navigate through the pits that is in our way. But, God is with us so that instead of falling in the pit and staying forever, He helps us out and helps guide us forward. Daniel was not spared going into the lions den, but he was spared harm. He was spared death. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three Jewish men thrown into a fiery furnace by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar, were not kept from the fire but were protected within the fire.

It is the knowledge that we need God to get through our lives and asking him to walk with us, not because it will help us avoid the obstacles in our way but because He will help us hurdle those obstacles. Bad things are going to happen sometimes and I much rather deal with those things with God in my corner than by myself. God Bless.