By Kingsley Baehr
Many years ago, before air-conditioning and directional sig-nals in cars, drivers would ex-tend their left arms out the win-dow and make hand signals to indi-cate what they were planning to do.
When they made a REVOLVING motion with their hand, it meant that they were turning right.
But a 7th grade student of mine wrote in a composition that a driver had made a “REVOLTING” mo-tion!
ONE LETTER MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE!
When one’s life becomes diffi-cult physically, psychologically, or socially, he/she could become either
BITTER OR BETTER.
ONE LETTER MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE!
An “I” stands for ego, self, and pride.
An “E” stands for “Elohim,” the Hebrew name for “God.”
So, if my focus is on the “I” in the problem, I will become BITTER.
But If my focus is on “ELOHIM” in the problem, I will become BETTER.
Suffering is a part of life as a result of the judgment on the human race, because we are try-ing to be gods ourselves.
All the way back in the garden of eden, adam and eve were told by Satan that if they would dis-obey God, they would be like God and know good and evil.
They already knew good, be-cause God had made everything GOOD, so all that was gained by disobedience was evil and all of its consequent sufferings.
Therefore, if I insist on focus-ing on myself in the midst of my suffering, I will only become BITTER
All the way back in the garden of eden, adam and eve were told by Satan that if they would dis-obey God, they would be like God and know good and evil.
They already knew good, be-cause God had made everything GOOD, so all that was gained by disobedience was evil and all of its consequent sufferings.
Therefore, if I insist on focus-ing on myself in the midst of my suffering, I will only become BITTER
But if, instead, I focus on what God wants to teach me about His goodness through the suffering, I will become BETTER.
Which will it be for you?
GOD CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE!
Check out these verses from god’s Word, the Bible:
1 Corinthians 1:3,4 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
1 Peter 4:12,13 - Beloved, do not think it strange con-cerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
1 Peter 5:8-11 - Be sober, be vigilant; because your ad-versary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seek-ing whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Romans 8:18 - For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
But, how much more important is it that we remember the one MAN who laid down His life out of love for us!
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Corinthians 1:3,4 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
1 Peter 4:12,13 - Beloved, do not think it strange con-cerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
1 Peter 5:8-11 - Be sober, be vigilant; because your ad-versary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seek-ing whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Romans 8:18 - For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
But, how much more important is it that we remember the one MAN who laid down His life out of love for us!
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS?