Bible Questions Answered:
“...and so I got mad at God for the
accident, but when recovering, realized the job I couldn't be at, was
not a job the Lord would approve of, so in recovery, I quit. Then I
realized that maybe, the accident was really a blessing... Since
then, I have found a new job, one I know the Lord would approve
of...”
Dorthy/ Fairlawn, Ohio U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Psalm 37:23,24 KJV
23 The steps of a good man are
ordered by The Lord: and He delighteth in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be
utterly cast down: for The Lord upholdeth him with His hand.
How true it is,
often afflictions are actually blessings in disguise, unbeknownst to
us, at the time.
Blessings
In Disguise:
Job
5:17 KJV
Behold,
happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the
chastening of The Almighty:
Job
23:10 KJV
But
He knoweth the way that I take: when He hath tried me, I shall come
forth as gold.
Psalm
66:10 KJV
For
thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psalm
119:67 KJV
Before
I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy Word.
Isaiah
48:10 KJV
Behold,
I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in
the furnace of affliction.
Malachi
3:3 KJV
And
He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify
the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may
offer unto The Lord an offering in righteousness.
II
Corinthians 4:17 KJV
For
our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far
more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Hebrews
12:11 NLT
No
discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But
afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those
who are trained in this way.
I
Peter 1:7 KJV
That
the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that
perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise
and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
I
Peter 4:1,2 NLT
So
then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves
with the same attitude He had, and be ready to suffer, too. For
if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with
sin.
2
You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires,
but you will be anxious to do the will of God.
Afflictions, may be, God correcting us, an attack from
the enemy, or a result of carelessness on our part.
So, what should our response be when affliction comes?
James
4:7 KJV
Submit yourselves
therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Submit yourselves
therefore to God
If you
are out of the will of God, repent, and resubmit your life to
following The Lord.
Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you.
If
your affliction, is an outright attack by the enemy, in Jesus name
and blood, resist him, and he will flee from you.
So
when afflictions strike, the first thing to do is to,... give thanks!
Yes
that's right, give thanks to The Lord!
I
Thessalonians 5:18 KJV
In every thing give
thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
you.
If God
is trying to “correct you,” give thanks, that He considers
you one of His children!
Hebrews
12:7,8 KJV
7 If ye endure
chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he
whom
the father chasteneth
not?
8 But if ye be without
chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and
not sons.
If
affliction is the work of the enemy, give thanks...
I
John 4:4 KJV
Ye are of God, little
children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in
you, than he that is in the world.
If
affliction is the result of carelessness, give thanks....that
The Lord is trying to teach you.
Job
6:24 KJV
Teach me, and I will
hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Psalm
119:124
Deal
with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
Psalm
143:10 KJV
Teach me to do thy
will; for thou art my God: thy Spirit is good; lead me into the land
of uprightness.
As
God's people we have the promise of...
Romans
8:28 KJV
And we know that all
things work together for good to them that love God, to them
who are the called according to His purpose.
So
what should we do? In All Things Give Thanks!
Psalm
34:22 KJV
The Lord redeemeth the
soul of His servants: and none of them that trust in Him shall be
desolate.
Psalm
48:14 KJV
For this God is our God
for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.
Psalm
119:133 KJV
Order my steps in thy
Word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Proverb
16:9 KJV
A man's heart deviseth
his way: but The Lord directeth his steps.
Jeremiah
29:11-13 NLT
11 For I know the plans
I have for you,” says The Lord. “They are plans for good and not
for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
12 In those days when
you pray, I will listen.
13 If you look for Me
wholeheartedly, you will find Me.
Prayer:
Isaiah 45:22 KJV
Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all
the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Matthew 10:32
KJV
Everyone
who acknowledges Me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge
before My Father in heaven.
