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Five ways God uses Problems
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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:
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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 |
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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 1:2-3 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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.''
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