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 problemsfor good in their lives. They react foolishly and resent theirproblems rather than pausing to consider what benefit they mightbring.Here are five ways God wants to use the problems in your life:
1. GOD Uses Problems To DIRECT YouSometimes 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."
2. GOD Uses Problems To INSPECT YouPeople 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 aproblem? 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 willgive you patience."
3. GOD Uses Problems To CORRECT YouSome lessons we learn only through pain and failure.It's likely that as a child your parents told you not to touch a hotstove. But you probably learned by being burned. Sometimes we onlylearn the value of something ... health, money, a relationship ... bylosing it. "It was the best thing that could have happened to me, forit taught me to pay attention to your laws."
4. GOD Uses Problems To PROTECT Youa problem can be a blessing in disguise if it prevents you from beingharmed by something more serious.Last year a friend was fired for refusing to do something unethicalthat 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 laterwhen management's actions were eventually discovered."You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good …
5. GOD Uses Problems To PERFECT YouProblems, when responded to correctly, are character builders.God is far more interested in your character than your comfort. Yourrelationship to God and your character are the only two things you'regoing 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 ofcharacter in us and helps us trust GOD more each time we use it untilfinally our hope and faith are strong and steady.
"Here's the point Ad:GOD is at work in your life - even when you do not recognize it orunderstand it. But it's much easier and profitable when you cooperatewith GOD.
"Success can be measured not only in achievements, but in lessonslearned, lives touched and moments shared along the way"
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