This is how much God Loves us!!!

5 Reasons Why God Uses Problems


The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you - depending on
how you respond to them.

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." Proverbs 20:30

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." James 1:2-3

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."
Psalm 119:71-72

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...
Genesis 50:20

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." Romans 5:3-4


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"