¨If a problem comes along, a promise will come next. If a promise comes first, then a problem will come next, just so you can get excited about the space that you are outworking this promise in because we are not outworking the problem. You understand that, right? We are outworking a promise. Everything God does is a positive. When our life gets presented with a negative, He will give us a promise. That promise will give us a positive to focus on because the positive is where we outwork the negative. We are not called to outwork a negative. If you have a problem it is so you can outwork your promise!¨
-- Graham Cooke
Hmmmm. I'm trying to figure out if my promise came before the problem and trying to remember what it might be. :) Whatever the case, I need to find the promise and focus on the positive outworking of that promise because I am definitely feeling like all I can see is the negative and I'm finding myself trying to outwork the negative.
Just read something this morning about those who are the most hopeful have experienced God's faithfulness in the past.
ReplyDeleteSeems to me that in order to experience God's faithfulness, first you need to experience some troubles.
So that would mean the most hopeful humans have also had some real troubleshoot go through.