Why Won’t Trouble Leave Me Alone

Why won’t trouble leave me alone?

By Pastor J.W.T. Spies

Luke 6:22-23

We are trouble on every hand

For quite of an extensive amount of years now I have longed to develop a serious inquiry concerning this physical disorder. This inconvenient element, this confused emotion, this transitive verb that has been photographed in my mind as trouble.

For quite a while now I’ve been wondering and pondering why is it that trouble seems to heighten and lift its heads in my life so much. I must confess that at the pinnacle, the apex and the zenith, the combination of them both has lately been a puzzling question, that why is it in this modern day, that I still filled bombarded, overwhelmed and saturated with what seems to always look like crisis in my life.

I have often wondered why is it that the grey clouds of anguish and torment, agony and suffering continue hoover, linger, and loiter in the areas of my life, I mean, these troubles seem to linger where I’ve decided rest my mind in solidarity.

To be honest I have often baptize my thoughts in the curiosity of how wonderful it would be if my present existence never made contact or a connection, with any pain, setback, sorrow,

suffering or disappointments. I’m telling you that I have often wonder as some of you have, could there ever be a time in my life that I could enjoy some trouble free time, could I have a few weeks of trouble exempt, a problem free life, a life of no crisis that are working against me.

I often fantasize serenity and tranquility and a little quietness, let me just say it like I feel it, can a brother just have some peace in the valley, and a piece of mind.

It sounds good, but I when I finally came back to myself, back to the common reality, reality reminded me that life on this planted will not allow me to submit to such a utopia, a paradise or dreamland. In fact reality has shouted back to me, boy you just need to wake up.

Reality gave me some insight, reality gave me a rude awaiting and a shaking, as Job said, “that man that is born of a woman is of a few days, and those days are filled with trouble.

So, I don’t know, but it just seems to look like that this human man, and this life, is just a magnet for drawing troubles and problems. So, now being conscience of these facts, the question that hangs in front of my mind is what now.

What now should we do, when trouble comes down upon us, what should we do, when do when we are pressed on every side, what should we do when we are and when we are persecuted, struck down, and forsaken? I asked the question, what should be our behavior be?

Should we make the attempt to run flee and try to escape out of desperation? Should we become a fugitive from trouble? Or should we just give up, give in, and tap-out.

I’ve have news for the Tabernacle this morning, I’m here to tell you my brothers and sister that we should never negate, or dismiss Psalms 34:19 which say’s Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.

My brothers and my sister we should never forget about John 16:33, which say’s “In the world we will have some tribulation; but be of good cheer, because I have overcome the world."

We should never overlook Acts 14:22 in the c clause which says, "We must through many tribulations to enter the kingdom of God."

Please don’t forget about 2nd Timothy 3:12, which say’s “And all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus, will suffer some persecution.

And whatever you do don’t discard John 15:20 that tells us to

Remember the word that I said to you, “that a servant is not greater than his master.' And if they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.

So I say to you my sisters and brother we must not ever get sidetrack by the certainties of trouble. We should not ever get to the point where we as Christians think that we are exempt for trouble.

And I can be the first to admit that I don’t like trouble, but trouble seems to like me. My flesh rejects trouble, but my spirit accepts it. The reason that my spirit accepts it is because my spirit belongs to God, and God knowns that trouble will comes and try to break me, shake me, and hurt me, so that it can make it.

Let me see if I can make it plain. I want to put trouble under what I call a spiritual scriptural microscopic evaluation, and see if we can get some clarity about trouble.