Greetings!
This week, I want to talk about those things
that try to come against us. As Christians, we get used to opposition.
When we face opposition, it can either grow us or stop us in our tracks.
Opposition can even be a good thing when it causes us to stretch ourselves
further than we would normally have gone. Sometimes, it just gives us another
reason to praise God, because we know that with great opposition come even
greater blessings.
But what happens when the opposition comes from
someone we love? When it is a child, a spouse, or even a friend…how do we
handle that? We do the only thing we can do—we trust God’s word.
The word says, "Remember ye not the
former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new
thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way
in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert." --Isaiah 43:18
God’s word promises to make a way in the
wilderness, and having someone you love and care about as your adversary,
definitely feels like being in the wilderness. It makes us question not only
our judgment, but also our faith. We question why God would allow that kind of
pain, and even—why us. There are so many emotions that we hardly have time to
process them all. So, how do we pick up the pieces of our broken hearts and
move on? God’s word in Isaiah 43 says that if we keep looking forward…to a new
day…a new beginning, and stop dwelling on the past, He will show us things we
have never seen before.
I am so grateful to God for second chances. He
has this way of teaching us by allowing those things that try to come against
be stepping stones to where He needs us to be. He lets us know that no matter
what has happened in the past...we can start again.
Until next time…
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