Trouble

 Job 5:7 -Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

"Trouble" (H5999)

- toil, that is, wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind

..."no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be attributed to second causes: It doth not come forth of the dust, nor spring out of the ground, as the grass doth, v. 6. It doth not come of course, at certain seasons of the year, as natural productions do, by a chain of second causes. The proportion between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed by Providence as that between day and night, summer and winter, but according to the will and counsel of God, when and as he thinks fit. Some read it, Sin comes not forth out of the dust, nor iniquity of the ground. If men be bad, they must not lay the blame upon the soil, the climate, or the stars, but on themselves. If thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God, nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves; so that, whatever trouble we are in, we must own that God sends it upon us and we procure it to ourselves: the former is a reason why we should be very patient, the latter why we should be very penitent, when we are afflicted...Why then should we be surprised at our afflictions as strange, or quarrel with them as hard, when they are but what we are born to? Man is born to labour (so it is in the margin), is sentenced to eat his bread in the sweat of his face, which should inure him to hardness, and make him bear his afflictions the better." 

The Lord brings certain trials to each of His beloveds so that they can in turn, be made to shine even brighter with the reflection of Jesus Christ. The trials are painful and revealing. I don't like them. I don't like being exposed. I don't like being confronted.

It's ironic, isn't it? We pray for the Lord to expose our sins; to teach us obedience, show us what He requires, but then when our prayers are answered, we recoil. 

As I go to lay my head down for the night, I pray and ask the Lord to grant me, and those struggling, with rest. Not just physical rest though. Spiritual rest. Rest in knowing He is in control of not only the little things but the big things as well. I can only see a small portion of the Grand Puzzle. He sees it All.