5 Reasons Why God Uses Problems

The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you - depending
on how you respond to them. Unfortunately, most people fail to see how
God wants to use problems for good in their lives. They react foolishly
and resent their problems rather than pausing to consider what benefit
they might bring.
Here are five ways God wants to use the problems in your life:

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?
"Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways."

2. God uses problems to INSPECT you.

People are like tea bags...if you want to know what's inside them, just
drop them into hot ever water! Has God tested your faith with a problem
What do problems reveal about you? "When you have many kinds of
troubles, you should be full of joy, because you know that these
troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience."

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. "It was the best thing that could have
happened to me, for it taught me to pay attention to your laws."

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.
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good...

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. "We can rejoice when we
run
into problems...
they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of
character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until
finally our hope and faith are strong and steady."


Here's the point:
God is at work in your life - even when you do not recognize it or
understand it.
But it's much easier and profitable when you cooperate with Him.
"Success can be measured not only in achievements, but in lessons
learned, lives touched and moments shared along the way"


Touch a heart, leave a hope, stroke a faith and lend a hand.
Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love.
Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others..........
Pray for Peace, Love and Joy .Pray that these words be received into
the
hearts of every eye that sees it.

You can stand tall without standing on someone.
You can be a victor without having victims.