On October 8th after the evening church service at Calvary Baptist Church, I had a problem to deal with…a flat tire. We have had three tires with valve stems changed over the past year because the valve stems had dry rotted at the point of the rim and the stem. Each tire had this happen at various times, once at home, once on the Pensacola Christian College campus and once at church. Each has been a problem to deal with.
I started reading BRR Daily Devotional for October 9, 2023 and it caused me to think about stewardship, and this paragraph made me think.
"Are you being a good steward of the problems that God has allowed in your life today. You may not have the money, health, intellect, or influence you wish you had, but are you being a good steward of the problems you have?"
I am reminded of Job and all of the things that God allowed in his life. I wouldn't want any of his problems but as the book unfolds the events and conversations that Job endured God strengthened Job through the trials. Paul asked God three times to remove a thorn in the flesh, of which God said, “My grace is sufficient for you.”
I ask this question, what trials are you going through today? How will you deal with them…remember there is nothing that God is not aware of in your life. It is not as if God is passing through your life and passes by to only notice what you are going through, I mean He is not driving down the road and happens to see you on the side of the road with a flat tire and is too busy to stop. No, He is one who is looking directly at your problem, RIGHT THERE, only waiting on you to look to Him for help. He brought these trials into your life, as He brought hunger and thirst to Israel in the wilderness to prove them. It is the same proving that Peter addresses the scattered believers he writes to and as James addresses his readers in regards to the temptations, πειρασμοῖς-peirasmos, or proving, trials. Christ’s trials were for the purpose to redeem us to Himself and to give a place in heaven with Him for all eternity. There is an end result to all of the problems we face. How will you steward them for the glory of God?
