by Hazel Straub
It is not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters. If you get angry or throw a pity party about the injustice of your circumstances, you will indulge in toxic emotions and let negativity control you. What your enemies meant for your evil, God uses for your good. His fingers of love sift everything that comes your way. He uses adversity and suffering to refine and make you more like Jesus. Stripped of the things that impeded your process, the light, love and light, of Jesus, shine through you.
What the enemy thought was the biggest defeat for God, with the shame, the kiss of betrayal from a friend, punishment and crucifixion of Jesus, instead set untold numbers of people free from the bondage of sin, curses, sickness and death to eternal life. What first seemed the biggest loss, for God ,was instead his biggest victory. You will see the same thing in your life, when the enemy tries his best to defeat you. Instead the negative brings positive results that far surpass the suffering. You go through the fire and come out as pure gold. Your test becomes a testimony that frees others.
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. (James 1:2-4 MSG)
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by Hazel Straub
