Challenges are not an opportunity neither to destroy us nor to drive us away from God. That is what the devil wants, for us to be destroyed or driven away from God.
But challenges in life are just an opportunity for God to show us who He is and what He’s capable of doing.
GOD WANT TO US HOW POWERFUL HE IS
God used the red see as an opportunity to show the people of Israel how powerful He is. That is why, whenever we see a challenge, we have just to understand that we are about to see an upgrade of God’s power in our life.
GOD WANT TO DISPLAY HIS WORK IN OUR LIFE
When the disciples encountered a man who had been blind since birth and they asked Jesus: Who sinned? This man or his parents?
Jesus answered them:
« Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him… »(John 9:3)
Our challenge is nothing but an opportunity for God to display His work in our life.
God also uses our challenges to bring us closer to Him, to mature us and to develop our gifts. These are all opportunities for God to display his works in our lives.
Challenges draw us closer to God:
The moment we get in trouble, we run to God. God often uses our challenges to bring us closer to Him because often we have allowed life to distract us. He knows that unless He allows a challenge, we would still be going about our own way and make choices that keep us from our time with him. Challenges can serve as wake-up call to us. We as believers, will face many struggles and afflictions but God delivers us from them all (Psalm 31:19). And God will give us the grace to get through them.
Challenges make us grow:
If it weren’t for our challenges, we wouldn’t grow. We need resistance in our lives to strengthen us and to mature us. It’s like exercising. As we begin to lift weights, for the first couple of days our muscles are sore and stiff. But as we continue to lift the weights we become stronger, our muscles become more toned and you are able to endure more. Our challenges help exercise our faith and trust in God. They allow us to become more mature and they build our endurance.
Challenges help us develop and discover our gifts:
As we grow in our challenges we will begin to tap into our gifts. Challenges have a way of introducing us to parts of ourselves that we never knew existed. For so many of us, if our back wasn’t against the wall, we wouldn’t realize how talented or gifted that we were. God often uses challenges to pull out those precious gifts that he deposited in us.
God never intended for our gifts to lay dormant. So be thankful when doors close because it is an opportunity for God to expose the gifts He placed inside of you.
PRAYER:
Eternal God, please grant us to always view our situations or challenges as opportunities for You to display Your ability through us.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray, Amen.
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