Topic: Adversity As A Teacher

Adversity can be used to teach us and guide us. Adversity can be used by God and used by us to learn the wisdom of God. If you are in adversity you surely must be thinking "But how can pain, disappointment, and failure teach me? If God really wanted to tell me something, He wouldn't have to do it with a whip or put me in such dire straits." If you are thinking this way then you are right. God does not do anything with a whip. God is not the source of your misfortune. God is not the source of what you might call "bad luck." However, God can help you use bad circumstances to your advantage. Although you might be saying, "Use it to my advantage? Give me a break! There is no way I could use all these bad circumstances in my life to my advantage!" However, there IS an advantage. To find the advantage, you just have to learn to be taught. You have to be willing to let God lead you and teach you in your adversity. In addition, if you are willing to let God work in your life whether you are in adversity or not, you live differently, think differently, and walk and talk differently. With God as your teacher, you learn to live a victorious life instead of living a life in defeat. Some people look at surviving and thriving in adversity as saying we make our own luck. We do make our own luck, but we must all understand what we call luck depends upon how we live, not upon good fortune falling upon us for no apparent reason. God can help you turn your lemons into lemonade if you will open your mind, heart, and soul to learn His teachings and learn His ways.

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