What sort of God would place us on a planet
where the circumstances of life so crush us that we determine that our only
hope lies in knowing Him? Would He be a hostile God or an agape God, if He knew
that it takes some deep-water days to bring a man to the end of his strength
and into the glorious experience of Christ’s strength in him and through him?
God is not the author of evil. “God is
love” (1 John 4:16). And remember, James 1:13 says, “Let no one say when he is
tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He
Himself does not tempt anyone.”
Hebrews 5:8 says of Jesus, “Although He was
a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered” Amazing!
Although I don’t understand this completely, I see one thing clearly:
Undergoing tough circumstances is part of our conformation process.
Philippians 3:10 says, “That I may know
Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings,
being conformed to His death.” A sweet camaraderie is developed between you and
Jesus as you undergo difficult times together. Romans 8:18 says, “I consider
that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the
glory that is to be revealed to us.” At times, His agape love permits us to
experience difficult times for our best good.
- Bill Gillham
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