(motivation)
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 benefits they might bring. Here
are five ways God wants to use the problems in your life:
1. 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?
2. 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 water! Has God ever tested your faith with a problem? What do
problems reveal about you?
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. God uses problems to PERFECT you.
Problems, when responded to correctly, are character builders. God is far more
interested in your character than our 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.”
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