MJLarkin

Vast areas of scripture will never be meaningful to us unless we go through the  experiences for which they give insight.

It was for this reason that God allowed all of His servants in scripture to experience conflicts, and it is for this same reason that we go through them as well.

The basis for this is in Proverbs 1:23, “Turn you at my reproof:  behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words to you.”

Even though David knew his conflicts and problems to be a direct result of his own sin, he was able to realize and say, “It is good for me that I have afflicted that I might learn thy statutes.” (Psalm 119:71)

The best response we should have to our conflicts and problems is to read through our Bibles.

Reading about the servants of God throughout the scriptures and visualizing their conflicts and problems in light of what we are possibly experiencing in our lives helps to realize that… “There hath no temptation taken you but such is common to man…” (1 Cor. 10:13)

And that… “Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” (Hebrews 12:1)

Allow your circumstances to drive you to God’s Holy Word.

Dig Deep!