Aligning your dream with God's word
It’s amazing what desperation will cause us to do... Circumstances that are too big for us to handle will encourage us to stop the rat race and instead, run to God in prayer. Or when the pressure of life becomes too great to endure, we remember to seek comfort from the One who has conquered death - our God who can turn all things around for our good, and make things right again.
In that respect, we can thank God for the pressures and problems we encounter in life. Indeed, it’s far better to have a problem and seek closeness with God, than to have a problem-free life and be distant from God. As King David wrote in Psalm 119:67 and 71:
“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word...It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your decrees.”
Remember, it's not God's will for you to suffer affliction (John 10:10). Ultimately, however, it's better for you to be afflicted and become more attached to God, than to have it easy and be out of alignment with God.
The instructions of Deuteronomy 28 are clear: all God’s blessings will come on us and overtake us if we listen to and obey the voice of the Lord our God. That means we must align ourselves with the will of God to be blessed by God.
Romans 8:28 and we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose.Credit: Bible Study Tools