Topic: Living Above Your Circumstances [Charles Stanley Daily Devotional 2 November 2021]
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Living Above Your Circumstances
God is in complete control over every circumstance; even in our trials, He’s working all things to accomplish His good purpose in our life.
November 2, 2021
Philippians 1:12-20
When we’re going through hard times, it’s comforting to know that nothing can touch a believer’s life unless the Lord allows it. He has complete control even in our most difficult and painful circumstances. Through it all, we’re being held firmly in our Father’s loving hand, and His good purpose is being worked out in our life.
Also Read: Open Heaven 2 November 2021 – Topic: VICTORY OVER TEMPTATIONS II
We may desperately wish for our circumstances to change. But to achieve His purposes, God allows us to go through trials that are designed to make us more like Christ. We’ll reap the spiritual benefits if, instead of trying to extricate ourselves, we let the Lord finish the work.
Paul’s time in prison proved to be a benefit for the gospel. Logically, incarceration should have hindered his ministry, but it had the opposite effect. During that time Paul was guarded by many Roman soldiers, and each new shift gave him the opportunity to explain the gospel to another “captive audience.”
We’re not promised an easy life, but God uses our trials to accomplish His will. Difficult experiences are given to us for our good, for the benefit of others, and for God’s glory.
