Delighting In Adversity

Good Morning! "Can you really make the best of a bad situation?...and why would you ever want to? " Paul speaks of delighting; " in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties." When he asked God to remove a painful situation, God told him " No." How could Paul say he found these hard things of life to be positive, even sources of delight? I don't believe Paul was a masochist,...but I think he had to learn that the sooner he accepted God's " No," the sooner he could get on with looking elsewhere for God's " Yes." And God's " No" always included things he could never have come up with by himself.

And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness.—2 Corinthians 12: 9a (KJV)

God doesn't explain everything to us beforehand. We couldn't understand or comprehend it all anyway. As I pointed out earlier this week, our view of life and His view of life are so very different. He always has the greater view of things. Feeling sorry for ourselves is a waste of time and energy,...and slams spiritual doors. God's love is so great that even under the worst conditions of life, if can just we remain open and obedient, He will pour blessing and goodness into our hearts.

Your times might be hard,...but never without reason or purpose.

Jesus prayed to the Father, to remove the cup of suffering,...but He didn't. For the glory that was set before Him,...Jesus endured, even the cross,...and He can help us accept our difficulties too.

" We lose the joy of living in the present,...when we worry about the future, or live in the past."