God uses life to get our attention and guide us in
the way we should go. Sometimes it just takes a light touch, sometimes it takes
a branding iron.
October’s
Awakening, Day 22:
Most of the grand truths of God have to be learned
by trouble; they must be burned into us with the hot iron of affliction,
otherwise we shall not truly receive them.
-Charles
Spurgeon
We are either in the process of resisting God's
truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth.
-Charles Stanley
Never
be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful
in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans
12:11,12 NIV
We
are creatures of habit, the status quo, and resistant to change. In fact, until
the pain of change is gain, we remain the same. That’s why, unfortunately,
adversity and affliction are necessary components in our lives to force us into
moving forward to a better place mentally and spiritually. Knowing this should
give us some consolation, but it doesn’t make it easier. In each situation, try
to envision and understand what God is showing you and try to do better the
next time. We needlessly bring about much strife in our own lives by simply
making poor choices. Seek Him first and oftentimes the road will be just a
little less rocky.
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