Day 25 – Transformed by Trouble
God has a purpose behind every problem.
He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible. The reason is obvious: You face circumstances twenty-four hours a day. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.” We learn things about God in suffering that we can’t learn any other way. Problems force us to look to God and depend on him instead of ourselves.
You’ll never know that God is all you need until God is all you’ve got. Regardless of the cause, none of your problems could happen without God’s permission. Everything that happens to a child of God is Father filtered, and he intends to use it for good even when Satan and others mean it for bad. There’s a Grand Designer behind everything. Your life is not a result of random chance, fate, or luck, there is a master plan. Rom. 8:28-29
God’s plan for your life involves all that happens to you – including your mistakes, your sins, and your hurts. It includes illness, debt, disasters, divorce, and death of loved ones. God can bring good out of the worst evil. He did at Calvary. If you will give God all your distasteful, unpleasant experiences, he will blend them together for good. Rom. 8:28.
God’s purpose is greater than our problems, our pain, and even our sin. All things works together for good only for the children of God because the promise in Rom. 8:28 is only for the children of God.
Everything God allows to happen in your life is permitted for the purpose of you becoming like Jesus Christ. Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber. Remember that God’s plan is good. God knows what is best for you and has your best interests at heart. Jer. 29:11
THINKING ABOUT MY PURPOSE
Point to Ponder: There is a purpose behind every problem.
Verse to Remember: “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.”
Romans 8:28 (NIV)
Question to Consider: What problem in my life has caused the greatest growth in me?
