why do we have so many problems in
the world? here are some reasons why we
have problems in our lives:
1. a fallen world.
in a nutshell, adam choked. adam blew it. he sinned. sin entered the world and we live in an imperfect world ever since so because sin is in the world people do things that are wrong and you suffer as the result. other people cause problems that you didn’t cause. that’s one of the main causes of problems.
2. you have an enemy. his name is satan.
and satan wants to mess your life up. he wants to destroy you. he wants to make you ineffective as a child of GOD. so you not only have the world working after you, you’ve got the devil after you too.
3. your own poor decisions.
you make a lot of dumb decisions, dumb choices and so do i. most of the problems i bring on myself.
if you’ve got your own poor decision making and you’ve got the devil and you’ve got the fallen world it’s no wonder. that’s enough problems to keep you going the rest of your life but let me give you a fourth.
4. sometimes problems are nobody’s fault. sometimes GOD just allows them for a different reason.
one time JESUS was walking down the street and HIS disciples saw a man who was born blind. the disciples said, “LORD, this guy was born blind. who did something wrong? was it his parents who did wrong, who sinned? or did he sin?”
and that’s such a contemporary approach to problems. today when you get a problem you say it was either caused by my parents or by me. it’s either blame your parents or blame yourself.
so they said, who caused this problem, my parents or me? and JESUS said, john 9.3 (niv), neither… this happened so that the works of GOD might be displayed in him.
sometimes you’re going to have problems that aren’t caused by the sin of others, aren’t caused by your own sin and aren’t caused by the devil. you’re going to have problems because GOD let them in your life so that GOD’s power could be displayed in your life.
just a thought from the front porch…
1. a fallen world.
in a nutshell, adam choked. adam blew it. he sinned. sin entered the world and we live in an imperfect world ever since so because sin is in the world people do things that are wrong and you suffer as the result. other people cause problems that you didn’t cause. that’s one of the main causes of problems.
2. you have an enemy. his name is satan.
and satan wants to mess your life up. he wants to destroy you. he wants to make you ineffective as a child of GOD. so you not only have the world working after you, you’ve got the devil after you too.
3. your own poor decisions.
you make a lot of dumb decisions, dumb choices and so do i. most of the problems i bring on myself.
if you’ve got your own poor decision making and you’ve got the devil and you’ve got the fallen world it’s no wonder. that’s enough problems to keep you going the rest of your life but let me give you a fourth.
4. sometimes problems are nobody’s fault. sometimes GOD just allows them for a different reason.
one time JESUS was walking down the street and HIS disciples saw a man who was born blind. the disciples said, “LORD, this guy was born blind. who did something wrong? was it his parents who did wrong, who sinned? or did he sin?”
and that’s such a contemporary approach to problems. today when you get a problem you say it was either caused by my parents or by me. it’s either blame your parents or blame yourself.
so they said, who caused this problem, my parents or me? and JESUS said, john 9.3 (niv), neither… this happened so that the works of GOD might be displayed in him.
sometimes you’re going to have problems that aren’t caused by the sin of others, aren’t caused by your own sin and aren’t caused by the devil. you’re going to have problems because GOD let them in your life so that GOD’s power could be displayed in your life.
just a thought from the front porch…
2 comments:
Hi Bill! I just got nominated for a Sunshine Award - and I am passing it along to you! Check out more details here: http://melodylowes.blogspot.com/2012/04/spread-little-sunshine.html
thanks, melody!
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