Topic: Adversity As An Opportunity

In the question or controversy over whether God does bad things, what is often intermingled in the debate, but quite often discounted, is a most important truth about God and adversity. Within every adversity, God presents a special door of opportunity for each of us to find and open. The door of opportunity in adversity is often hidden from our view. The door of opportunity is most often slammed shut when adversity strikes. What we too often and wrongly expect is for God to show us the door. We wrongly expect God to open the door for us before we find our door of opportunity. We too often and wrongly expect God to arrange things in adversity so we will not have to seek, ask, and knock to find our door of opportunity. We too often and wrongly expect God to pick us up and carry us through our door of opportunity once we have found the door. Unfortunately, the truth about God and the truth of life will clearly show us when adversity comes in our life, we must first find the hidden door of opportunity on our own by seeking and asking. We must then try to open our door of opportunity by knocking. When the door of opportunity opens we must then gather our resources together and walk through the door. What is most important of all is God will always, always, always give you a door of opportunity in every adversity. What is also most important is how you must you seek, ask, and knock, for the door will be opened. A New Testament example is the Apostle Paul's imprisonment which gave Paul opportunities to blaze trails for Christ. We see from Paul's life how Paul was an opportunist. From the seeds of adversity in Paul's life grew the fruits of opportunity to serve God. Suffering gives us a door of opportunity. When we view suffering or adversity as an opportunity, our view of suffering or adversity gives us enormous power.

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