Just as in any real job, when you want to move up in the company, your assignments get harder. The same goes when you are in school. Kindergarten is much easier than 12th grade. Are you getting my drift? These are patterned after God’s plan. Babies are born and then grow up. In the spirit world, this is also true. When you are first born again, you will be self-involved, and have to learn how to walk with Jesus everyday. As you “grow up” you still have to deal with the same challenges, and as you become mature, the Lord will not give you easy assignments, because you are no longer in Kindergarten. He does this so you will be dependent on Him, His resources, His strength, and His wisdom. Hard assignments will make you teachable and moldable, or hard and bitter. Just jump onboard; go for what He designed, and you will be soooooo glad you did! “Lord, help us to take the hard assignments, and depend only on you to help us get through them and on to victory… Thank you for hearing our prayers, Amen!”