Sunday Drive - Are Problems Your Foe or Your Friend?

Are Your Problems Your Foe or Your Friend?

We all go through struggles. Every single one of us. No one is immune. God allows problems to come our way. It's what we do with them. Even if life feels crazy and out of control. God is sovereign. There is no chaos in the nature of God.

His Word says that He causes EVERYTHING to work together for good... for those who love God and are called according to His purpose. So what are we do with these problems in our life?

Romans 8:28 (NKJV)
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

What if we made friends with our problems instead of making them our enemy? What if we allowed God to do the work He wants to do in us through this struggle? It's going to take trust. Do you trust God to work everything for His purpose in your life?

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.

Each problem can fall into one of two categories... it can either teach you something or it can become a stumbling block. One category can transform us, the other can lead to defiance. It's really our choice. 

If we let God transform us through a problem, we become more like Him, little by little. However, if we choose not to trust Him... the problem He allowed becomes our enemy and we fight it, which leads to distrust and defiance. We need to recognize that God understands and sees us far differently than we see ourselves. He sees what we CAN be!

Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT)
8 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. 9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

How do we become friends with our problems? First, we thank Him for them. This begins a new path of possibilities. Possibilities of blessings, benefits and healings we could not see before. When we bring our problems to God, they then become His problems. He will show you the way to handle them.

Jesus said that we would have trials and struggles.... its just a part of life. But guess what, He also said that we would have peace!  Peace is not the absence of difficulties. Peace is our strength through difficulties.

John 16:33 (NLT)
33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.

Jesus is our peace.

Ephesians 2:14 (NIV)
14 For he himself is our peace,

Make your problems your friend. Trust in Jesus.

Blessings,
Lori