LIFE IS A SERIES OF PROBLEM- SOLVING OPPORTUNITIES.

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:

 

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?
"Sometimes it takes a painful situation

to make us change our ways."
Proverbs 20:30 

 

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?
"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 

 

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.

"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

 

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.
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good." 

Genesis 50:20

 

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." 

Romans 5:3-4

 

May the grace of our LORD & SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST be with you...GBU