Lesson Learned…

There is always a lesson to be learned when we are going through situations in our life. The good, the bad, and the ugly all have a lesson to be learned from. Going through certain circumstances in our life doesn’t always mean God caused it, but it does mean He can speak to us through it. Remember Joseph’s story? His brothers turned against him, threw him in a pit, then sold him to slavery in Egypt. Yet, through all this Joseph stayed faithful to God and eventually through a series of circumstances became the king of Egypt. When his brothers came to him this is what he said…

Genesis 50:20

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

What perspective Joseph had! Can you imagine going through the circumstances he did by his own family members? Yet it all turned around and God used it for something even greater. God has a way of working things out for His glory.

Romans 8:28

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,whohave been called according to his purpose.

There are some instances where God does cause circumstances to take place in our life so that He can get a message to us. We have to approach our circumstances with the right attitude. We can’t choose what happens to us but we can choose what happens in us. When we take the time to pray and reflect over our circumstances God will begin to lead us to the right perspective. Always ask yourself, and more importantly God, what lesson He is teaching you. Understand that experience is not the best teacher. Just because you go through something doesn’t mean you learned something from it. There are many people who go through circumstances just to repeat them over and over, never learning anything from it. However, educated experience causes you to reflect and learn a great lesson from your circumstances. There is not a greater teacher than educated experience. We must have educated experience in our circumstances and change for the better as a result of them. Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. Always be learning from your circumstances as God speaks to you. Everyone and everything can teach you something if you will allow it.

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

~ Coach John Wooden ~