Everything we go through has meaning. There are no coincidences with the child of God. Nothing is by happenstance. Everything matters, down to the smallest detail because we serve a God of order. He orchestrates circumstances in our lives that serve to either make us humbler and draw us closer to him, or we can become more cynical and hard hearted and choose, only to do what we think is best for us. Oswald Chambers wrote, “We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be.” Furthermore, “God is not concerned about our plans; He doesn’t ask, “Do you want to go through this loss of a loved one, this difficulty, or this defeat?” No, He allows these things for His own purpose. The things we are going through are either making us sweeter, better, and nobler men and women, or they are making us more critical and fault-finding, and more insistent on our own way. The things that happen either make us evil, or they make us more saintly, depending entirely on our relationship with God and its level of intimacy.” I assure you that the thing we face today has manifest in order to draw us closer to our Lord. Let’s keep our eyes on God, talk less, and pray more. Remember, this trial that we face, is “so that the proof of our faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:7)
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