Day 25
Transformed by Trouble
our … momentary troubles
are achieving for us
an eternal glory that
far outweighs them all
2 Corinthians 4:17 NIV
Yesterday the theme was “Transformed by Truth.” Not looking ahead, I said that we need to ground our lives on the unchanging foundation of God’s truth because … the inevitable trials and troubles will come.
Today is all about those troubles. And Rick Warren has the audacity to say that those troubles can transform us.
We all naturally lament life’s troubles. They are absolutely no fun. Indeed, sometimes they are downright harrowing. Nevertheless, if we’re honest, we’ve all grown ten times more from our challenges than from our simple days of comfort and ease.
Therefore, are you thanking God for your trials?!
Alright … of course not! No one says, “Hooray, I have cancer. I wonder what I can learn from this.” We’re supposed to hate being battered and abused. But what the pains of this world should do is teach us to long for heaven more than for this broken earth.
Our hope is not here. And if we can make it through a trial with our faith intact, we our faith is stronger … and we gain a powerful testimony.
Someone else will inevitably go through the same trial we did. And when we can point them in the direction of a loving God – in spite of this world’s challenges – then that pain will be transformed into victory. And then will come to pass the saying that is written, “our … momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Cor 4:17)
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who finally understands
“no pain, no gain”
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