I think that God often doesn't want to change our situations when we think that they're bad because He doesn't want us to miss out on the opportunity of going through some adversity with Him at our side and emerging with more wisdom, understanding and faith in Him. I've definitely been guilty of thinking that if a situation is difficult, "God can't be involved because Jesus died to make my life easy. This is hard so it must be the devil!" Ha! A quick look in Paul's letters and I find verses about horrible words I wish weren't in the Bible like struggle, perseverance, endurance and suffering. I hear Paul telling people to get excited at these things! Are you kidding me? Come on God just do everything for me! Sometimes God will ride in dropping miracles everywhere but apparently sometimes He has other plans...
As we spend time in His presence, He draws out from us His own image and equips us to take on our situation. I am the one who needs to choose that instead of complaining about my situation I can renew my mind knowing that if He hasn't removed the situation He must believe in me! I'm starting to understand that any situation I encounter God is ready to use it to build me up. Any situation. Good, bad, big, small, whatever. This should give us confidence right? If we strap on our armour and go into battle He goes before us leading us as we learn on the job. If we lose now and again we can still claim victory over fear because we didn't run from the battle line! When we emerge victorious, we come out with the keys to see others liberated in the same way but usually quicker. God is a genius and one thing I've been blown away by is the way He produces progression in the Church. One person can spend a year working through an awful situation and emerge stronger having been equipped with wisdom and character so that they can see 10 people come through the same situation in half the time with twice the blessing! WHAAAT??? That's big picture thinking! I can't imagine how difficult it must be to be God hearing your children cry out for deliverance and withholding it because you know that their perseverance will mean so many more get impacted by what they learn!
Before crying out to God to change the situation, how about we ask Him, "So what do you think Dad? Can we take em?" Sometimes He'll say we're not ready and others He'll say "Put on your armour lad/lass, it's gonna be a tough one but I know you can do it!" Are we willing to take hits so that we learn hard lessons for the benefit of others? If the answers is yes, let's suit up!
I've grown up thinking that praying for the instant miracle is always the way to go and then not really knowing what to do if it doesn't happen instantly. I'm starting to think that committing in my heart to a potentially long process that will require me to trust God long-term is better because either I will walk that path and grow and develop with Him or He will see my faith and perform the miracle anyway. Just another thought. Thanks for reading.
"One person and God is the majority."
As we spend time in His presence, He draws out from us His own image and equips us to take on our situation. I am the one who needs to choose that instead of complaining about my situation I can renew my mind knowing that if He hasn't removed the situation He must believe in me! I'm starting to understand that any situation I encounter God is ready to use it to build me up. Any situation. Good, bad, big, small, whatever. This should give us confidence right? If we strap on our armour and go into battle He goes before us leading us as we learn on the job. If we lose now and again we can still claim victory over fear because we didn't run from the battle line! When we emerge victorious, we come out with the keys to see others liberated in the same way but usually quicker. God is a genius and one thing I've been blown away by is the way He produces progression in the Church. One person can spend a year working through an awful situation and emerge stronger having been equipped with wisdom and character so that they can see 10 people come through the same situation in half the time with twice the blessing! WHAAAT??? That's big picture thinking! I can't imagine how difficult it must be to be God hearing your children cry out for deliverance and withholding it because you know that their perseverance will mean so many more get impacted by what they learn!
Before crying out to God to change the situation, how about we ask Him, "So what do you think Dad? Can we take em?" Sometimes He'll say we're not ready and others He'll say "Put on your armour lad/lass, it's gonna be a tough one but I know you can do it!" Are we willing to take hits so that we learn hard lessons for the benefit of others? If the answers is yes, let's suit up!
I've grown up thinking that praying for the instant miracle is always the way to go and then not really knowing what to do if it doesn't happen instantly. I'm starting to think that committing in my heart to a potentially long process that will require me to trust God long-term is better because either I will walk that path and grow and develop with Him or He will see my faith and perform the miracle anyway. Just another thought. Thanks for reading.
"One person and God is the majority."
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