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thought by Mark Batterson (2016-09-06) from his book, Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small (Kindle
Locations 2219-2220). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to
go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
Have you
found that to be true yet? It is such an
important principle to understand.
Mark says, “In
fact, what the Enemy intends for evil, God will use for good.”
He goes on,
“Don’t waste suffering. Don’t waste failure. Don’t waste disappointment. Don’t
waste cancer. Don’t waste divorce. God wants to recycle those things for His
purposes!”
Then he says,
“When it comes to difficult circumstances, you have two choices. You can
complain about them, or you can make the most of them. Whether those
circumstances are self-inflicted or the result of someone else’s actions, lion
chasers make the most of them. Sometimes the circumstances we’re trying to
change are the very circumstances God is using to change us. We ask God to
change those circumstances, but God says, ‘No, I’m using those circumstances to
change you!’ Instead of expending all
your energy trying to get out of them, get something out of them. In other
words, learn the lesson God is trying to teach you.”
So what
lessons have you learned lately?
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