Problems

God has created us for His glory.  Isaiah writes about bringing our sons from afar, “everyone who is called by My name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” Is 43:7

Sometimes we have so many problems that we do not believe God has glory in mind. It is good to get God’s perspective on problems, and why we have them.

After Isaiah wrote about God’s intentions on bestowing glory on us, he writes that God “made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, (He) drew out the chariots and horses, and the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick.” Is 43:16-17

The Israelites faced their enemy, surrounded by them on one side and the ocean on the other.  Little did they know that God “drew” the enemy out just for the purpose of extinguishing them.

In our problems we see our enemies.  The temptation may be to say and do nothing so that the problems, and the enemies will go away.  Yet God has drawn our enemies to us in order to glorify us with His victories.  The words of our mouth are meant to contain wise counsel.  The actions of our hands are to show His glorious works.  Just like the Israelites, the Lord comes to us for glory and not for destruction.

“no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.” Is 54:17

It is worth repeating; God intends that our mouths have words in them, and our hands have actions, for He glorifies us in Him through these means. God flushes out our enemies so that He can extinguish them. The problems are only the outward manifestation of the spiritual battle we are to address.  If we can have faith in God during our problems, then we should have faith that He intends to work through us in those very same problems.

Let us not be weak in heart when problems surround us.  God has purposed that we overcome them, through Him. His glorious inheritance begins now, on this earth, and continues throughout our eternal life.  Let us address problems with courage, and faith in what God can do in and through those He is bestowing glory upon. Amen.