Situations

Ever find yourself in a predicament? I mean, there's a situation that is really uncomfortable and really unnerving and, yet, that is where you find yourself. Now, you don't know why you are in this particular situation. You don't know what you've done to be caught up in the situation. All you know is you want a way out of the situation. I think we've all been there.

Before I go any further, allow me to emphasize that I don't for one minute believe that GOD causes bad things to happen. Again, we live in a broken and fallen world, and sometimes bad things happen to good people. When a situation arises for a "good person", we need to see what GOD is trying to show us through their example.That is today's thought...

Today's word is just a thought from something that I read once that I now paraphrase: "We often ask GOD to change our situation, not fully understanding that GOD can use our situation to change us."

I don't like situations either. I don't like finding myself in uncomfortable, unnerving predicaments. I am a doer - I do things. I like to find solutions, implement them, and move on to the next situation. It drives me crazy to find myself in situation that I cannot control, I cannot fix, I cannot find a solution. But, I have gotten better in recent years to remember to say, "LORD, I don't know why these things are happening but don't let me miss the lesson."

Maybe you find yourself in a situation that is more than you really want to think about or even more than you can even comprehend. Keep in mind that GOD can grow us, He can mature us, He can use our situations to change us.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T