“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Helen Keller, 1880-1968
It is in the crucible of life that God is dealing with us, purifying us and shaping us into His Son’s image. I don’t normally enjoy the crucible but this is how character is built IF we respond well to the trials of life found in relationships, and circumstances. In “Overcoming Your Shadow Mission”, John Ortberg states, “If you don’t develop the character to support your gifts, they will actually become destructive to you.”
Challenging Assignment: Read Genesis about Abraham's journey to Canaan. Notice that the conditions of the land when he arrived. The Lord certainly could have led Him there in a season of bounty and the Lord could have removed the Canaanites from the Land. But He didn't. The Lord led Abraham into the land in a time of famine and with the ungodly canaanites living there as his neighbors.
What was the first thing Abraham did? He built an altar out of the rocks from the hard ground. Abraham worshiped God! He took the hard things in his surroundings and offered worship to God. Today, take the "hard things" in your life and worship Him, praise Him and give Him thanks for each one of those hard things.
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