Devastating events – disappointments; reversals; anything you didn’t want but got anyway; Plan B, not Plan A; things that discourage, that disappoint; things that threaten your well-being and threaten your understanding of the purposes of God?
We know what it is like to see our lives plunged into turmoil. We know what it is like to see our plans dashed. We know what it is like to see our dreams crushed. Every one of us has had that. … When those things happen to us, they will either make us bitter or they will make us better. It will be one or the other.
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Seeing God in the midst of devastating events: These things didn’t happen outside the understanding of God. They don’t surprise God. These devastating events that Satan may have meant for our ill, God means for our good. He will bring us through those devastating events into an encounter with Him. He is preparing to meet us in a special way.
If we look carefully into the devastating events of our lives and into those things that threaten our well-being, we will find that there is a burning bush, and God is endeavouring, through those devastating events to bring us to Himself.
source: James T. Draper, Jr (2004) Joy for the Journey in Preaching with Passion
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