God can grow us in adversity!

Aug 18, 2024

Rev. Dr. Randy Mickler

God can grow us in adversity! Remember, “God works for good in all things with those who love Him.” If you are facing difficulties, challenges or just a hard time in your life, know this, rising to a challenge reveals abilities hidden within you that would otherwise remain dormant.

We don’t know what we are made of until we have to cope!

I cannot ensure my circumstances will work out the way I want them to, but I can ask, “How would the person I most want to be face this situation?” Wise people have always understood the connection between suffering and growth.

A Chinese proverb from the third century BC says “When heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on anyone, it will exercise his mind with suffering, place obstacles in the path of his deeds in order to stimulate his mind, harden his nature, and improve wherever he is incompetent.”

What happens to someone who loses everything but God, then finds out God is enough? As a powerless person, he experiences the presence of God in his life in a way he never did when things were running smoothly. Suddenly, he finds new strength, power and purpose, because hope comes from the promise, “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him.” God wasn’t at work producing the circumstances that caused the misery one faces. But God is at work producing in you the person God wants.

Peter learned this lesson while he was water walking. Join us this Sunday as we explore “Water Walking.”