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I got this from wayofthemaster.com
We have established that God is at work in you. You have this demonic “buffeting” from which God will not presently deliver you because He is doing a good work in you. Therefore, what should be your attitude to this good work He is doing? It should be one of joy – because your joy is evidence of how much you trust God. If you trust Him, then you will rejoice for His goodness, and that joy will be strength to you.
Take for instance a world champion boxer. His coach loves him to a point where he wants him above all things to be a winner. So what does the coach do –buy him a sofa, a TV, and potato chips? No. Instead, he places weights on his shoulders and resistance against his arms. He will even look around for the toughest sparring partner he can find. If the boxer doesn’t understand what his trainer is doing, if he doesn’t have faith in his methods, he will get depressed and lose heart. But is he knows what’s going on, he will rejoice now in the trials because he sees, through the eyes of faith, the finished product.
That’s why God is letting the devil loose on you: to make you strong. Paul says,
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment [in the light of eternity], works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory (2 Corinthians 4:17).
Afflictions work for us, not against us, if we are in God’s will. How is your joy when the Trainer brings the resistance your way? How much faith do you have in Him? The joy you have will be your measuring rod.
We have established that God is at work in you. You have this demonic “buffeting” from which God will not presently deliver you because He is doing a good work in you. Therefore, what should be your attitude to this good work He is doing? It should be one of joy – because your joy is evidence of how much you trust God. If you trust Him, then you will rejoice for His goodness, and that joy will be strength to you.
Take for instance a world champion boxer. His coach loves him to a point where he wants him above all things to be a winner. So what does the coach do –buy him a sofa, a TV, and potato chips? No. Instead, he places weights on his shoulders and resistance against his arms. He will even look around for the toughest sparring partner he can find. If the boxer doesn’t understand what his trainer is doing, if he doesn’t have faith in his methods, he will get depressed and lose heart. But is he knows what’s going on, he will rejoice now in the trials because he sees, through the eyes of faith, the finished product.
That’s why God is letting the devil loose on you: to make you strong. Paul says,
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment [in the light of eternity], works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory (2 Corinthians 4:17).
Afflictions work for us, not against us, if we are in God’s will. How is your joy when the Trainer brings the resistance your way? How much faith do you have in Him? The joy you have will be your measuring rod.
