OFTEN YOU HEAR WHEN SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES LIKE DEATH OF A RELATIVE, ACCIDENT, ROBBERY, FIRE, ASSAULT ETC. THAT GOD KNOWS BEST AND HE ALLOWED THOSE TROUBLES FOR A REASON. THIS IS PURELY A RELIGIOUS IDEA AND FAR FROM THE TRUTH. DIFFICULT SITUATIONS COME TO ALL OF US BUT GOD DOESN’T CAUSE THEM. THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE LONG BEEN TOLD THAT GOD DOES WHAT HE PLEASES WHETHER GOOD OR BAD. SCRIPTURE CLEARLY SAYS THAT ALL GOOD THINGS COME FROM GOD. HE DOESN’T SEND BOTH GOOD AND EVIL THINGS. JESUS SAID IF YOU EVIL MEN KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW DO YOU ALWAYS THINK GOD GIVES EVIL THINGS SOMETIMES?
WE CERTAINLY CANNOT THANK GOD FOR WHAT THE DEVIL HAS DONE IN OUR LIVES. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOUR MONEY WAS STOLEN, OR YOUR CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, YOU CANNOT THANK GOD FOR THAT BECAUSE HE DIDN’T PUT YOU IN THAT MESS, SATAN STIRRED THE HEARTS OF GREEDY PEOPLE TO COME AND DO THAT. THAT IS NOT WHAT THE SCRIPTURE ABOVE TEACHES. RATHER, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT GOD’S WILL IS THAT “YOU THANK HIM IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE” AND NOT “FOR THAT CIRCUMSTANCE”.
SO INSTEAD OF BEING BITTER, COMPLAINING AND ANGRY WITH GOD AND EVERYONE, THANK HIM INSTEAD.
WHY SHOULD WE THANK HIM? BECAUSE HE IS MORE THAN ABLE TO SOLVE THE ISSUE. IF YOU HAVE A DISEASE, YOU THANK HIM BECAUSE HE IS YOUR HEALER AND “NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE SICK”. IF YOU WERE ROBBED, THANK HIM BECAUSE HE IS YOUR GREAT PROVIDER AND HE CAN RESTORE WHAT YOU LOST. IF YOU WERE THREATENED, THANK HIM BECAUSE HE IS YOUR SECURITY.
THAT IS WHAT THE ABOVE TEXT COMMUNICATES. WITH THIS WISDOM, YOU CAN PRAISE YOUR WAY THROUGH THE STORMS. HALLELUJAH!
GOD BLESS YOU.
SINCERELY,
OPOKU AGYEMANG EMMANUEL.
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