When you are confronted with life’s problems, how do you react. Do you cast your blame, become resentful and bitter or turn to God .
When we recognize God’s purpose in our way, our faith grows.For instance, in the Old Testament, King David made destructively wrong choices for which God allowed cleansing storms into his life. He had wandered off the right path, but painful experiences drove him back to the center of the Lord’s will. We might consider the divine method crue. “ He wrote,“Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep Your word. . . . It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes” (Psalm 119:67, 71).
Some difficulties are meant to blow away all distractions so we can focus our attention on the Lord. Other tempests break our worldly mold so that we can be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. Our personal pleasure is not the top priority. God’s primary concern is to shape a wise and obedient servant who loves Him.
When we encounter problems in our lives, God is already planning how to turn destruction into good. Seek His objective, and work with Him to achieve it.The promise of Romans 8:28 is that we will reap gain from our losses.
Romans 8:28-29
More Than Conquerors
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
(0495 17 II 2008)