Sometimes God uses our reaction to disappointment as a witness to others!!!!! People know that we serve the Lord, and they see us handling our difficulties and disappointments by trusting in God, they see that our faith is real. Trusting God in the tough times is a great witness to the world. The apostle Paul knew this well. He had some sort of ailment or affliction with which he struggled that caused him great grief. Paul turned to the Lord and asked, three times, to be relieved of this ailment. What was God’s answer? “Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:8-10 ESV). What an incredible trust Paul had in the Lord! Many Christians believe that, because they are saved, life should have no hardships whatever. However, in this passage, Paul shatters that myth by showing us that even his prayers were not answered the way he wanted them answered. However, he also tells us that it is in times of our greatest weakness and trouble that God is most powerfully at work in our lives. Oh, that we could all be content with that attitude.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:40:44 +0000
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