ROM 15:5-6 NIV
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I wonder why God is not always referrred to as the God of blessings. He's the One who blesses and he's the One who can change unpleasant situations into favourable circumstances, yet in most verses, we see God described as the God who stays with us in the most distressing of circumstances. It appears as If God's power and nature are best seen and understood in the midst of difficult situations. How else can anyone learn patience and endurance except through these experiences? How else could God be made known publicly than a public demonstration of his power to sustain even when external circumstances are not palatable?
He could have saved Daniel from the lions' den, or kept the three Hebrew men from the fiery furnace. He could have kept Jesus from the cross, but maybe there would not have been the great praise and glory that followed these happenings. God allows us to go through troubled waters so that our faith can be strengthened and God's glory better appreciated.
When things look rough and unpalatable, and it appears as if we will drown, God is working out an endurance and a patience that will lead to greater glory and praise to God. Our lives were made to praise and glorify Him, and it is as we work and walk with him that this glory is revealed and established. Learn patience and endurance and watch your life glorify God, Just as it was created to do. His time of favour is here.
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