HOW CAN A GOD ALLOW SUFFERING IN A BELEIVER'S LIFE? (JOEL 1:19)
HAVE YOU EVER CAUGHT YOURSELF WISHING FOR '' THE GOOD OLD DAYS ?'' MOST OF US HAVE. THE TRUTH IS, HOWEVER, IF WE HAD A CHANCE TO TRAVEL BACK TO ANOTHER TIME, WE WOULD FIND THE SAME PROBLEMS AND TRIALS THAT CONFRONT US NOW ALSO EXISTED BACK THEN. TRIALS COME NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU DO.
SUFFERING MOLDS, PREPARES, AND PERFECTS US I A VARIETY OF WAYS. PRESSURE FROM WITHOUT INCREASES PRESSURE WITHIN. WE FEEL IT AS THE DARK LINGERS, THE PAIN INCREASES, AND THE DISAPPOINTMENT GOES ON AND ON.
IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM, HOWEVER, WE DO NOT HAVE TO YIELD TO THE MOUNTING PRESSURE. WE CAN DEFUSE IT BY REPLACING THE ALTAR OF GOD AND ALLOWING HIM TO HANDLE OUR HURTS.
SUFFERING BEYOND OUR CONTROL PROVES TO US THAT WE ARE NOT OMNIPOTENT. WE SUDDENLY BECOME ACUTELY AWARE OF AN AUTHORITY HIGHER THAN OURSELVES, SOMEONE WHOSE INSIGHT AND WISDOM OUTRANKS OUR OWN. WE NEED A SAVIOR- SOMEONE GREATER THAN OUR BIGGEST FEAR, SOMEONE WHOSE ABLE TO MEET ALL OUR NEEDS. ONLY THROUGH HIS GRACE CAN WE LEARN THE TRUTH CONCERNING GOD: GOD USES IT TO HELP US EXPERIENCE HIS IMMENSE LOVE.
MAYBE YOU ARE FACING A TIME OF SUFFERING AND YOU THINK THE EMOTIONAL PAIN IS MORE THAN YOU CAN BEAR. OR PERHAPS YOU ARE DEALING WITH A SERIES IF DISAPPOINTMENTS. INSTEAD OF BECOMING A FEARFUL - A FREQUENT PLOY OF SATAN TO PULL YOU AWAY FROM THE WILL OF GOD- ASK THE LORD TO SHOW YOU WHAT HE IS UP TO IN YOUR LIFE.
HAVE YOU EVER CAUGHT YOURSELF WISHING FOR '' THE GOOD OLD DAYS ?'' MOST OF US HAVE. THE TRUTH IS, HOWEVER, IF WE HAD A CHANCE TO TRAVEL BACK TO ANOTHER TIME, WE WOULD FIND THE SAME PROBLEMS AND TRIALS THAT CONFRONT US NOW ALSO EXISTED BACK THEN. TRIALS COME NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU DO.
SUFFERING MOLDS, PREPARES, AND PERFECTS US I A VARIETY OF WAYS. PRESSURE FROM WITHOUT INCREASES PRESSURE WITHIN. WE FEEL IT AS THE DARK LINGERS, THE PAIN INCREASES, AND THE DISAPPOINTMENT GOES ON AND ON.
IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM, HOWEVER, WE DO NOT HAVE TO YIELD TO THE MOUNTING PRESSURE. WE CAN DEFUSE IT BY REPLACING THE ALTAR OF GOD AND ALLOWING HIM TO HANDLE OUR HURTS.
SUFFERING BEYOND OUR CONTROL PROVES TO US THAT WE ARE NOT OMNIPOTENT. WE SUDDENLY BECOME ACUTELY AWARE OF AN AUTHORITY HIGHER THAN OURSELVES, SOMEONE WHOSE INSIGHT AND WISDOM OUTRANKS OUR OWN. WE NEED A SAVIOR- SOMEONE GREATER THAN OUR BIGGEST FEAR, SOMEONE WHOSE ABLE TO MEET ALL OUR NEEDS. ONLY THROUGH HIS GRACE CAN WE LEARN THE TRUTH CONCERNING GOD: GOD USES IT TO HELP US EXPERIENCE HIS IMMENSE LOVE.
MAYBE YOU ARE FACING A TIME OF SUFFERING AND YOU THINK THE EMOTIONAL PAIN IS MORE THAN YOU CAN BEAR. OR PERHAPS YOU ARE DEALING WITH A SERIES IF DISAPPOINTMENTS. INSTEAD OF BECOMING A FEARFUL - A FREQUENT PLOY OF SATAN TO PULL YOU AWAY FROM THE WILL OF GOD- ASK THE LORD TO SHOW YOU WHAT HE IS UP TO IN YOUR LIFE.
