DOUBTING GOD'S PLAN BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS
DURING OUR WALK WITH GOD, WE ARE LIVING OUR LIVES AND THEN DISILLUSIONMENT COMES ABOUT, DUE TO BAD DECISIONS, STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES SETS YOU BACK, CATASTROPHIC OCCURRENCES, DEATH, DIVORCE AND HARDSHIPS IN GENERAL COME OUR WAY. THIS CAN LEAD TO DOUBTING THAT GOD IS EVEN REMEMBERING YOUR NAME MUCH LESS PAYING ATTENTION TO YOU.
A. WHAT DOES THE APOSTLE JOHN HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS? JOHN 16:33 “THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU, THAT IN ME YOU MAY HAVE PEACE, IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION, BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.” WE DO HAVE TRIBULATIONS IN THIS WORLD AND EVERYDAY LIVING CAUSES US TO EXPERIENCE ISSUES OF LIFE THAT WE MUST COPE WITH.
HOWEVER, WE NEED NOT TO SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURES, THROW UP OUR HANDS AND TRY TO WORK THINGS OURSELVES, WHILE IN ACTUALITY GOD IS ON OUR SIDE. TOO MANY BELIEVERS DOUBT THAT HE SEES THE SERIOUS NEED YOU ARE HAVING, AND THEY LISTEN NOT ONLY TO THE ENEMY BUT THEMSELVES, NEITHER SOURCE IS GOOD TO LEAN ON. WE THEN SLIP AWAY FROM OUR BEST AND MOST TRUSTWORTHY SOURCE, GOD.
B. PAUL FURTHER EXPLAINS HOW GOD WORKS, IF WE WAIT AND HAVE FAITH. ROMANS 8:28 “ AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE”.
AS PAUL STATED TO THE CORINTHIANS IN: 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9-10 “MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, FOR MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS.”THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST MAY REST UPON ME. THEREFORE, MOST GLADLY I WILL RATHER BOAST IN MY INFIRMITIES, THEREFORE, I TAKE PLEASURE IN INFIRMITIES, IN REPROACHES, IN NEEDS, IN PERSECUTIONS, IN DISTRESSES, FOR CHRIST’S SAKE. FOR WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG”.
PROBLEMS ARE A” CONSTANT” IN LIFE; WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE PROBLEMS ,THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE. WHAT CHANGES IS OUR ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THOSE PROBLEMS. GOD WILL ALLOW TROUBLE TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE NOT TO HURT YOU BUT TO TEACH YOU TO LEAN ON HIM.
HE IS TEACHING YOU TO TRUST HIM. YOU MAY NOTICE THAT THE MORE PROBLEMS WE HAVE THE CLOSER TO GOD WE BECOME. WE PRAY MORE, READ OUR BIBLES MORE, AND GO TO CHURCH MORE. YOU DISCOVER THAT HE IS YOUR FRIEND AND HE IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING YOUR PROBLEMS.
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