The Trouble with Trouble

whatever trouble you are experiencing right now no matter how bad it is… it is just a distraction that is keeping your attention away from the one truly good thing in your life… Jesus… and if you think he is not in your life… look away from your troubles for a second and you will see him there waiting for you.

The trouble with trouble is that as soon as things do not go our way we assume that the situation has turned into trouble and we want nothing to do with it. The truth is that while bad things may happen to “good” people bad things do not happen to “God’s” people! you are welcome to disagree but hear me out… “bad” is a matter of perspective. “evil” is a matter of fact! scripture says “all things work together for the good of those that love and serve God” scripture also says

Jer 29:10-14 (NIV) This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”

he doesn’t say “you know the plans I have for you” he says “I know the plans I have for you”  From God’s perspective the 70 years of captivity in babylon were a “good” thing for his people even though they may have perceived it as “bad”   so you see “bad” is a matter of perspective.

so wherever you are, whatever trouble you are in…whatever pain you suffer… whatever struggles you deal with… they are all for your good,  so look away from  your troubles and look to your savior… “Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”

I am not saying that trouble will not overtake us ever… but we can look at it from God’s perspective, and welcome it as an opportunity to grow and discover what the plans for our future are like!