For Those Who Wonder Why they Have Problems And they Say," Why Me" GOD
There are 5 ways God uses Problems to exhort us
1. God uses problems to DIRECT you. Sometimes God must light a fire under you to get you moving. Problems often point us in a new direction and motivate us to change. Is God trying to get your attention?
2. God uses problems to INSPECT you. People are like tea bags......if you want to know what's inside them, you just drop them into hot water. Has God tested your faith with a problem? What do your problems reveal about you?
3. God uses problems to CORRECT you. Some lessons we learn only through pain and failure. It's likely that as a child your parents told you not to touch a hot stove. But you probably learned by being burned. Sometimes we only learn the value of something........Health, money, a relationship........ by losing it.
4. God uses problems to PROTECT you. A problem can be a Blessing in disguise if it prevents you from being harmed by something more serious. Last year a friend was fired for refusing to do something unethical that his boss had asked him to do. His unemployment was a problem-but it saved him from being convicted and sent to prison a year later when management's actions were eventually discovered.
5. God uses problems to PERFECT you. Problems, when responded to correctly, are character builders. God is far more interested in your character than your comfort. Your relationship to God and your character are the only two things you're going to take with you into eternity.
God uses problems to DIRECT, INSPECT, CORRECT, PROTECT AND PERFECT us.
No matter what you're going through in life, count it all joy, for our God is truly an Awesome God. Stay blessed and continue to be a blessing to others.
Sandrastevenson
Thank you Father Jimmy, I have had the most awful year, and got to the point where I thought so much has happened that it "woke me up" and I found myself thinking is God trying to tell me something? I subsequently started looking into the spiritual side of me and have found a whole new way of life, but still the problems keep happening, so kept wondering what is God trying to tell me, I have taken advice from your page and have found it to be of great help, maybe I was lead to you by God. Thank you.