Post #19 - It's Not About You!

We hate going through hard times. Don't we?

When trouble comes, we fall apart. We wonder "why me?" and allow the situation to overtake us.

I recently went through my own trouble and felt the same way... at first.

Then I was reminded that what I was going through had nothing to do with me.

Yes, I was the one enduring it, but I was going through it for a reason.

God allows us to go through difficult situations not only so that we can be developed, but so we can have a testimony to help someone else.

What is true about every difficult situation we get into is that IT WILL NOT LAST. Sooner or later it will subside and all we will be left with is a story.

A story about what we learned, what was changed in us, and how we made it through.

All we will have is our testimony.

Our testimony can be used to help somebody go through what we have already experienced. 2 Corinthians 1:4 says that God "comforts us in all of our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us."

So, really, it's not about you!

What you are going through WILL NOT LAST and God will comfort you through it. He will give you peace, revelation, and breakthrough and with that, you will be able to help somebody else through what they are experiencing.

So, when you find yourself in a difficult situation asking WHY?, turn it around and ask yourself WHY NOT?

Why not allow yourself the chance to grow and be used by God to help someone else?

Instead, ask God to reveal the purpose behind the trouble and develop your testimony.

Then wait for your opportunity to help somebody else develop theirs!