When God doesn’t change the situation, He will change you. He will never waste the hopeless situations or pain we go through in this life.
Philippians 1:6 NLT “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.”
Despite what is going on in your life, God is at work within you. There is a work He started and He is committed to seeing it completed. We must remember that God is always more concerned with our character development than He is with our circumstances and more concerned with character rather than comfort. If changing our circumstances will hinder our character development, He will not be in a hurry to change them. Hope will result as we cooperate with God’s work in us regardless of the hopeless circumstances we face.
So how do we cooperate with God when everything seems so dark? I believe in these times is comes down to 4 words:
(1) Humility, which acknowledges God is in charge of life not us
(2)Surrender, which is our response to God knowing that He is in charge. We choose to surrender our lives to him in the circumstances.
(3) Acceptance, which is our response to agree to walk with God through whatever situation we are in. We accept the circumstances even though we don't like them.
(4) Obedience is the result of the first three. We continue to walk in obedience to His word regardless of the circumstances
These are the responses that result in God transforming our lives. In fact, the longer you walk with God the more you'll see these responses as foundation to your entire spiritual relationship with Christ. They unleash all His resources! They unleash everything that He promises us! When we experience His presence, power, and our lives being transformed even in the hopeless circumstances of life, we can be people of hope. He will pour His hope into us.
Hold onto this verse in your time of struggle:
Romans 15:13 NLT “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
May this confident hope be yours in abundance as you trust in Him.
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