Growing For God - Part 2
God has a purpose behind every problem.
'And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose. '
Romans 8:28
He uses the circumstances to form our character. In fact, He depends more on
the circumstances to become like Jesus that of our reading of the Bible. The reason is
obvious: you are faced with the circumstances twenty-four hours a day.
Jesus warned us that we would have problems in the world.
- These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33
Nobody is immune to pain
or is totally isolated from suffering, and nobody spends his life without problems. Everytime that
Solves one problem, another is waiting to take its place. Not all problems are
great, but they are all important in the growth process that God has for you.
Pedro assures us that problems are normal when he says, "Do not be surprised or surprised
when they go through the strong tests that await them, because this is not a rare and abnormal thing
what's going to happen to them. " 1 Peter 4:12
God uses problems to bring him closer to Him. The Bible says, "The Lord is near those who
they have a broken heart; he rescues those who have a broken spirit. " Psalms 32:18
Their experiences deepest and most intimate of worship will probably occur in your darkest days
- when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when you no longer have
options, when the pain is great - and it turns only to God. It is during the suffering
that we learn to pray our most authentic, most heartfelt and most sincere.
When we feel pain, we do not have energy for superficial prayers.
Joni Eareckson Tada notes, "When life is rosy, it may be enough
know about Jesus, imitate him and quote him and talk about him. But only in suffering will we know
to Jesus. "In suffering we learn things about God that we can not learn
otherwise.
God could have prevented Joseph from being put in jail, He could have avoided that Daniel was put in the lion's den, He could have prevented Jeremiah from being thrown in a muddy pit, He could have prevented Paul from being shipwrecked three times, and He could to have prevented the three Hebrew youths from being thrown into the fiery furnace - but not did. He let these problems happen, and as a result each of these people
He became more intimate with God.
Problems force us to put our eyes on God and depend on Him instead of us
same. Paul testified about this benefit: "We felt sentenced to death and we saw
how weak we were to escape; but that was good, because then we put everything in the hands
of God, the only one who could save us. " 1 Corinthians 1:9
He will never know that God is all he needs until May God be all that remains.
No matter what the cause, none of your problems could have happened without the permission of God. Everything that happens to a child of God is filtered by the Father and his intention isuse that for good even when Satan and others want it for evil. Because God is sovereignly in control, accidents are only incidents in the Good plan of God for you.
Because every day of his life was written in the calendar of God before he was born, everything that happens to him has spiritual importance. All! Romans 8:28-29 explains why: "We know that God causes everything to work in harmony for the good of those who love God and who are called according to their purpose for them. Because God knew
to his people beforehand and he chose them to become like his Son. "
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