I’m so grateful for this truth: God promises to bring good from the storms of devastation in our lives.
He reminds us in His word that there is great gain when we face painful times, as difficult as it may be.
James 1:2-3 put it this way, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
This passage of text is reminding us to choose joy in whatever we face, confident that He is working even though every trial and hard place, to bring us greater endurance. We never gain greater strength and spiritual muscles simply by living an “easy” life. We can only build deeper faith and perseverance by walking through the hard times that press us more closely into His Presence.
Therefore, it behooves us to remember that through every trial and storm we encounter in life, God will use it to make a mark in this world. The troubles we walk through can bring glory to Him. He will use our lives, the joy and faith we have, in spite of our problems, to draw others to Himself, and to help us to remember that what we see around us, is not all there is. For He has more in store. And it is greater than we can ever imagin.
Paul confirms this truth in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, “Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, for what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
My brothers and sisters, never forget that storms without God will break you and storms with God will build you. God sends storms into our lives, to get our attention, to mature us, to build us and to get glory out of us.
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