What I learned:
1 ⇢ Sometimes in life, God doesn't give us what we want to test us to see what really lies in our chests and hearts
وَلِيَبْتَلِيَ اللَّهُ مَا فِي صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
(154) سورة العمران
"And let God test what is in your chests and check what is in your hearts"
2 ⇢ Choosing to worship God can come from two different places in the heart:
A- I did something for you God and now I am entitled to ___ (whatever that thing is that you're looking for is). This comes from a place of and doubt in the hearts. (Not our place to do that as slaves to The Master)
B- Or a place of a humble slave.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ خَيْرٌ اطْمَأَنَّ بِهِ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ انقَلَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ خَسِرَ الدُّنْيَا
وَالْآخِرَةَ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِين
( 11 ) سورة الحج
"There are among men some who serve Allah, as it were, on the verge: if good befalls them, they are, therewith, well content; but if a trial comes to them, they turn on their faces: they lose both this world and the Hereafter: that is loss for all to see!"
3 ⇢ The next time you find yourself in a hard situation, what do you want God to see in your heart?
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