Why doesn't God just fix me?

Do you ever wonder about that?
I mean wouldn't it be great if when we committed our lives to Christ,
He would just ZAP us
Fix us all at once?
You know-
Not just our physical ailments,
But our selfishness, pride, anger, addictions and all the rest of our struggles.
I mean He could do it- right?
So........why not?
 I mean there has to be a point
To our not being made whole and right and pure and complete-
Right now-
Today-
Where we are.......
So why?

 I can only guess...........but you guessed it-
I will throw my guess out there.

I love Hebrews 10:14-
By one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
 Did you get that-
Made perfect forever-
Yet, being made....... holy.

A friend e-mailed me today
One of lines in the e-mail said he and his family were
Blessed by the Lord in all things.
Wow!
Blessed in all things-
Incredible-
 Incredible because I know my buddy doesn't have a perfect life-
Yet he feels-  
Grasps hold of -
The fact that he is blessed by the Lord in all things.

Don't you love James encouragement in chapter 1 when he tells us to count it pure joy when we face trials of many kinds? Testing my faith produces perserverance and perserverance makes me mature and complete- not lacking anything.

Did you get that-
Testing faith leads to maturity and completeness, not lacking anything. 

The process of becoming whole
Might be as important to God as the actual healing itself.
I can not bypass the process.

There is a journey to wholeness that only begins in the moment of salvation.
So there you go-
My take (guess)-
On not being fixed right away.

Lord Jesus,

Help me to take hold of the fact I am blessed in all things. 

Move in me to embrace the struggles and persevere in faithfulness.

Because You are in me, 

Today I will do my best to be Loving, Hopeful, Faithful, Encouraging and Courageous. 

Amen

 Hebrews 2:10-18

 Jesus, the author of salvation made perfect through suffering........