God Speaks Through Our Circumstances and Tests

Lets keep talking about listening to God and looking for his answers. “for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”James 1:3-4 Look, I think it’s pretty evident that God speaks to all of us through different circumstances. Those can be events, opportunities and even set backs. Sometimes it can be an encounter with someone new or a friend at a certain time. He can even speak to us through some of the blessing and talents he’s given each of us. But the point is, they all count and we need to learn to embrace them. You see, many of us become fixated on what we think we need rather than allowing the possibility of a larger perspective than our own. Sometimes we become so committed to trying to make everything work out our way that we miss the very way that God has already spoken and shaped us for maturity through our unique circumstances. We believe, all too easily, that the grasses are greener in pastures where the He hasn’t led us. Life take patience. Time takes time. But as time goes by we mature to these processes of working seemingly dead-end jobs, of having to deal with highly irritating people, of taking discipline on the chin for something stupid, of not cheating the system or others but working our way up through the ranks honestly and ethically, we begin to discover what we’re made of. We start to settle into our skin, so to speak. We don’t get freaked out with the ups and downs but rather learn the God-ordained rhythms of life. Patience will pay off and opportunities and answers will present themselves. Most of the time you’ll find it’s right where you are now. Last thing I’m going to say is God speaks to us through big and little things in our lives. How good we can hear Him depends on how willing we are to embrace where we are right now.Be Nice. Grace Wins.