The problems you face will
either defeat you or develop you – depending on how you respond to them.
Unfortunately, most people fail to see how Allah wants to use problems for good
in their lives. They react foolishly and resent their problems rather than
pausing to consider what benefit they might bring.
Here are five ways Allah wants to use the problems in your life:
1. Allah uses problems to DIRECT you.
Sometimes God must light a fire under you to get you moving. Problems often
point us in a new direction and motivate us to change. Is God trying to get your
attention? “Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways.”
2. Allah uses problems to INSPECT you.
People are like tea bags…if you want to know what’s inside them, just drop them
into hot ever water! Has God tested your faith with a problem What do problems
reveal about
you? “When you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, because
you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience.”
3. Allah uses problems to CORRECT you.
Some lessons we learn only through pain and failure. It’s likely that as a child
your parents told you not to touch a hot stove…. But you probably learned by
being burned. Sometimes we only learn the value of something… health, money, a
relationship. . .. by losing it. “It was the best thing that could have happened
to me, for it taught me to pay attention to your laws.”
4. Allah uses problems to PROTECT you.
A problem can be a blessing in disguise if it prevents you from being harmed by
something more serious.. Last year a friend was fired for refusing to do
something unethical that his boss had asked him to do. His unemployment was a
problem – but it saved him from being convicted and sent to prison a year later
when management’s actions were eventually discovered. “You intended to harm me,
but God intended it for good…”
5. Allah uses problems to PERFECT you.
Problems, when responded to correctly, are character builders. God is far more
interested in your character than your comfort. Your relationship to God and
your character are the only two things you’re going to take with you into
eternity. “We can rejoice when we run into problems…they help us learn to be
patient.. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust
God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and
steady.
میں نےجو کیا وہ برا کیا،میں نے خود کو خود ہی تباہ کیا
جو تجھے پسند ہو میرے رب،مجھے اس ادا کی تلاش ہے