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."
 Proverbs 20:30 The blueness of a wound
cleanseth away evil: so stripes the
inward parts of the belly. (kjv)

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."
James 1:2-4 2My brethren, count it all joy when
 ye fall into divers temptations;
3 this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
  4 But let patience have her perfect work,
that ye may be perfect and
entire, wanting nothing. (kjv)

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."
Psalm 119:71-72  It is good for me that I have
 been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
 The law of thy mouth is better unto me
than thousands of gold and silver. (kjv)

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
Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil
against me; but God meant it unto good,
to bring to pass, as it is this day,
to save much people alive (kjv)

 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."
Romans 5:3-4 And not only so, but we glory in
 tribulations  also: knowing that tribulation
worketh patience; And patience, experience;
 and experience, hope: (kjv)

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."
 

~~~ Author Unknown ~~~

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