How do I handle the things that happen around me? When the circumstances of life are good, I say that God is blessing me, but when these turn to the bad, I ask the question, "why me?"
Chambers says this morning:
"We have the idea that we ought to shield ourselves from some of the things God brings around us. May it never be! It is God who engineers our circumstances, and whatever they may be we must see that we face them while continually abiding with Him in His temptations. They are His temptations, not temptations to us, but temptations to the life of the Son of God in us. Jesus Christ's honor is at stake in our bodily lives. Are we remaining faithful to the Son of God in everything that attacks His life in us?"
Now, my circumstances are not bad by any definition. God has blessed both me and my family, and I acknowledge that fact, but if He wants me to grow in relation to Him, and this growth involves a change, will I still see this as good, or as just a trial to go through?
Chambers says again today:
"Watch when God changes your circumstances to see whether you are going on with Jesus, or siding with the world, the flesh, and the devil."
Jesus admonishes his disciples in the Garden to watch and pray, and they went to sleep. If God brings changes in my life, I sure do not want to sleep through the lessons.
Change is a permanent factor in our lives. If the changes are engineered by God, and I believe they are, then I need to see His hand in them. If they are what I would consider to be "good" then it is pretty easy, but if they were to be on the hard side, will I still see that hand?
God, help me to see your hand in all of my life's circumstances, and to live in them as you desire.
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