"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and
trials, for we know that they are good for us - they help us learn to
endure."
When I am in an airport airline lounge I love to listen the
conversations happening around me. At the root, they are all the same.
They are business people all trying to fix some type of problem. It can
be a problem with their travel, a problem with a deal, a problem with an
employee, or a problem with a customer. It can be any type of problem
and they are working as hard as they can to fix it and make it go away.
This is one of the fundamentals of work. We fix problems. But, problems
can be weighty and disheartening and they can create stress that leads
to other problems. All of the emotions that come from problems and our
need to resolve them can be managed. The problems will still be there
but our emotions and reactions to problems are ours to control and
create. The answer is all in our outlook and how we look at the problems
when they come to our doorstep. We get a choice each and every time.
We can either let them take over us or we can take over them.
In Romans
5:3 Paul says; "We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and
trials, for we know that they are good for us - they help us learn to
endure." He goes on in verse 4 with; "And endurance develops strength of
character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectations
of salvation." I love those two verses because in them we learn that in
those problems, way down deep, are the beginnings of the reminder to us
of what our God has sacrificed for us to that we can receive His
salvation. So, today, each and every problem can be looked at as happy
problems because if we remember these problems that seem so hard to
overcome are just the first steps of what is the ultimate expectation!
Hard to do, yes. But, that is the strength that God wants us build each
and every day, starting today!
Reference: Romans 3:3-4 (New Living Translation)
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