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Topic:
Adversity As An Opportunity
In the question or controversy over whether God does bad things, what
is often intermingled in the debate, but quite often discounted, is a
most important truth about God and adversity. This important truth about
God and adversity is that within every adversity, God presents a special
door of opportunity for each of us to find and open. The door of
opportunity in adversity is often hidden from our view. The door of
opportunity is most often slammed shut when adversity strikes. What we
too often and wrongly expect is that God should show us the door and
that He should open the door for us before we find. We too often and
wrongly expect God should arrange things in adversity so we would not
have to seek, ask, and knock to find this door of opportunity. We too
often and wrongly expect God to pick us up and carry us through the door
of opportunity once we have found the door. Unfortunately, what the
truth about God and the truth of life will clearly show us is that when
adversity comes in our life, we must first find the hidden door of
opportunity on our own by seeking and asking. We must then try to open
the door of opportunity by knocking. When the door of opportunity opens
we must then gather our resources together and walk through the door.
What is most important of all is God will always, always, always give
you a door of opportunity in every adversity. What is also most
important is that if you seek, ask, and knock, the door will be opened.
A New Testament example is the Apostle Paul's imprisonment which gave
Paul opportunities to blaze trails for Christ. We see from Paul's life
that Paul was an opportunist. From the seeds of adversity in Paul's life
grew the fruits of opportunity to serve God. Suffering gives us a door
of opportunity. When we view suffering or adversity as an opportunity,
this view of suffering or adversity gives us enormous power.
If these words have been a blessing, please forward them to a friend
These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites
called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
http://www.findthepower.com/wisdomminute
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