Daily Devotion for April 24, 2006
What Has It Caused You To Do?
All things work together for good to those who love the Lord, and are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28
What trial are you going through right now? Better yet, what has it caused you to do? Has it moved you to draw closer to the Lord, or caused you to wander off the path a bit? Has it caused you to dive into the Word, or have you tucked your Bible up on the shelf? Have you reached out to others who have gone, or are going through what you're experiencing, or have you tossed up those walls we're so great at putting up when we get hurt?
The circumstances we deal with can bring us up or tear us down in our walk with Christ. It is in our ability to make them or break them. We have the free will to do so. God has His perfect will, and it's not for us to wander away from Him. Paul wrote in the New Testament that God allows us to experience these trials in order that we will be able to minister to others. In the end, it works together for good, because ultimately we learn more about ourselves and more about God. And we will be able to sit next to that quiet, hurting person who became angry and bitter, who tucked their Bible on the shelf, who put up the walls, who wandered away. We'll be able to tell them it truly will be okay, because we've been through it.
Prayer
Lord, help us to learn whatever it is we need to learn during this particular time in our life. It hurts, and there are days we don't know up from down. Help us to remember that all things will work out for good because you love us beyond what we could ever imagine. Teach us to be patient and to look for your will. Amen.
Lord, help us to learn whatever it is we need to learn during this particular time in our life. It hurts, and there are days we don't know up from down. Help us to remember that all things will work out for good because you love us beyond what we could ever imagine. Teach us to be patient and to look for your will. Amen.
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