5 Ways God Uses Problems
The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you
– depending on
how you respond to them.
Unfortunately, most people fail to see how God wants
to use problems for good
in their lives.
They react foolishly and resent their problems
rather than
pausing to consider what benefit they might bring.
Here are five ways God wants to use the problems in your life:
1. God uses problems to DIRECT you.
Sometimes God must
light a fire under you to get you moving.
Problems often point us in a new
direction and motivate us to change.
Is God trying to get your attention?
Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways.
(Read
Proverbs 20:30)
2. God uses problems to INSPECT you.
People are like tea
bags…if you want to know what’s inside them,
just drop them into hot ever water!
Has God tested your faith with a problem What do problems reveal about you?
When you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy,
because you
know that these troubles test your faith,
and this will give you patience.
(Read
James 1:2-3)
3. God uses problems to CORRECT you.
Some lessons we
learn only through pain and failure.
It’s likely that as a child your parents
told you not to touch a hot stove.
But you probably learned by being burned.
Sometimes we only learn the value of something
…health, money, a relationship… by
losing it.
It was the best thing that could have happened to me,
for it taught me to pay
attention to Your laws.
(Read Psalm 119:71-72)
4. God uses problems to PROTECT you.
A problem can be a
blessing in disguise if it prevents you
from being harmed by something more
serious.
Last year a friend was fired for refusing to do something
unethical
that his boss had asked him to do.
His unemployment was a problem –
but it saved
him from being convicted and
sent to prison a year later when
management’s
actions were eventually discovered.
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good…
(Read Genesis
50:20)
5. God uses problems to PERFECT you.
Problems, when
responded to correctly, are character builders.
God is far more interested in
your character than your comfort.
Your relationship to God and your character
are the only
two things you’re going to take with you into eternity.
We can rejoice when we run into problems… they help us learn to be patient.
And patience develops strength of character in us
and helps us trust God more each time we use it until
finally our hope and faith are strong and steady.
(Read Romans 5:3-4)
Here’s the point:
God is at work in your life – even
when you do not recognize it or understand it.
But it’s much easier and
profitable when you cooperate with Him.
“Success can be measured not only in achievements,
but in lessons learned,
lives touched and moments shared along the way.”
Pass this onto all your family and friends…
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Song He Will Be A Friend
Luke 12:6 Are not five
sparrows sold for two farthings,
and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Luke 12:7 But even the
very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Matthew 6:28 And why
take ye thought for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;
they toil not, neither do they spin:
Matthew 6:29 And yet I
say unto you, That even Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Have a blessed
day!
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