The problem while you’re waiting on God is you see someone else who isn’t waiting and you’re afraid they’re getting ahead of you! So you get back in the game of taking care of things on your own and quit waiting on God. God intends for your spirit to be more at rest than it is. You’re so use to the competition of the culture around you that you don’t rest like you should. The world is in a constant state of "unrest" but as a follower of Christ you have the resources to rest. But you often fail to utilize them.
It is a joy to experience resting in God - to give Him your worries and troubles and take a vacation from them. You don’t have to stress-out over your difficulties. You don’t have to lose sleep. You can sit back and rest in the confidence that God is at work on your problems. So where is God when you’re hurting? He’s prompting positive changes in you for your own benefit. But you need to cooperate in the process by yielding your will and resting while you’re waiting.
Don’t worry if you’re not an expert at these things. You’ll need to practice until you get it right. And the Bible tells you where else God is when you’re hurting. GOD IS RESCUING OTHERS THROUGH YOUR SUFFERING. God uses people to help other people. And sometimes that necessitates God putting your life in the middle of someone else’s mess so you can help clean it up by your confidence in God. Your human nature may rebel at this thought – but you are never more Christ-like than when you are willing to suffer for others in order that God may rescue them.
“Are you pouring out your life for those who don’t notice? Jesus understands.” The purpose in your suffering sometimes is to rescue others from their suffering. You don’t need to doubt God’s love for you. He knows when you’re hurting and sometimes that hurting has a really special purpose – to rescue others.
Where is God when you’re hurting? God’s right there with you. He’s prompting positive changes in your life. If you’ll be patient and trust Him, He’ll do some wonderful things in your life. If you’ll yield your will to Him and rest while you’re waiting on Him, He’ll see you through whatever problem you’re facing. And God is rescuing others through your suffering. You get to be a part of God’s work – but it means that sometimes God has to put you in the middle of someone else’s mess so you can lift someone else up while your down there in the pit of suffering with them. Through your entire life; GOD IS SHOWING YOU THAT HE LOVES YOU!
"Don’t forget the encouraging words God spoke to you as his child. He said, ’My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects you. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.’" Hebrews 12:5-6
God doesn’t turn the heat on because He doesn’t care. It’s because He does care! He loves you and wants your life to be pure. Pure so you can lead the kind of life He created you to live; a happy and fulfilling life.
The question is – are you going to cooperate with God? Are you going to have confidence in Him by yielding your will to Him and express a willingness to be a part of His plan to rescue others by accepting the fact that sometimes you’re going to have to suffer to be a people helper?
It is a joy to experience resting in God - to give Him your worries and troubles and take a vacation from them. You don’t have to stress-out over your difficulties. You don’t have to lose sleep. You can sit back and rest in the confidence that God is at work on your problems. So where is God when you’re hurting? He’s prompting positive changes in you for your own benefit. But you need to cooperate in the process by yielding your will and resting while you’re waiting.
Don’t worry if you’re not an expert at these things. You’ll need to practice until you get it right. And the Bible tells you where else God is when you’re hurting. GOD IS RESCUING OTHERS THROUGH YOUR SUFFERING. God uses people to help other people. And sometimes that necessitates God putting your life in the middle of someone else’s mess so you can help clean it up by your confidence in God. Your human nature may rebel at this thought – but you are never more Christ-like than when you are willing to suffer for others in order that God may rescue them.
“Are you pouring out your life for those who don’t notice? Jesus understands.” The purpose in your suffering sometimes is to rescue others from their suffering. You don’t need to doubt God’s love for you. He knows when you’re hurting and sometimes that hurting has a really special purpose – to rescue others.
Where is God when you’re hurting? God’s right there with you. He’s prompting positive changes in your life. If you’ll be patient and trust Him, He’ll do some wonderful things in your life. If you’ll yield your will to Him and rest while you’re waiting on Him, He’ll see you through whatever problem you’re facing. And God is rescuing others through your suffering. You get to be a part of God’s work – but it means that sometimes God has to put you in the middle of someone else’s mess so you can lift someone else up while your down there in the pit of suffering with them. Through your entire life; GOD IS SHOWING YOU THAT HE LOVES YOU!
"Don’t forget the encouraging words God spoke to you as his child. He said, ’My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects you. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.’" Hebrews 12:5-6
God doesn’t turn the heat on because He doesn’t care. It’s because He does care! He loves you and wants your life to be pure. Pure so you can lead the kind of life He created you to live; a happy and fulfilling life.
The question is – are you going to cooperate with God? Are you going to have confidence in Him by yielding your will to Him and express a willingness to be a part of His plan to rescue others by accepting the fact that sometimes you’re going to have to suffer to be a people helper?
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