It’s more times than not, that we ask ourselves… “why do bad things happen to good people?”

Today, I quickly want to address four things to think about as we begin a 5 part series on “How To Get The Greatest Benefit From Your Problems.”

Four points to consider as we move forward.

1.  Most of us want quick solutions to our problems, but God wants to make sure that all His disciplines for character development in us and those around us are accomplished before He removes the problems.

2.  He is also more concerned that the right procedures be followed in solving the problems than that the problems are actually resolved.  It is the process of solving our problems that constitutes the most meaningful chapters of our life message and becomes the greatest help to other people.

3.  We all want to get out from under the pressure of our problems, but God wants to use that pressure to motivate us to a greater level of spiritual maturity than we would otherwise have achieved.

4.  Often our present problems are the results of past disobedience to the initial promptings of the Holy Spirit.  Now God is using these problems to apply the pressures we need for complete obedience. 

If we fail to gain these benefits from our present problems He will only have to raise up new problems.

Dig Deep!