![]() One example that I can think of was when I was witnessing to some Jews in a mall who had a small kiosk. Often, He shines the brightest in our lives during our darkest times.The Apostle Paul adapted his gospel presentation to the audience that he was sharing it with. But, perhaps God has allowed it in your life because He so loves the world and the world needs to see Jesus. People are incredibly confused when they meet someone whose joy doesn’t make sense! It totally disarms them when they see you carry a heavy burden without falling beneath its weight or falling for the lie that ‘life should be fair and good people shouldn’t suffer.’ My friend, I know – really – I know how hard it is to live with something that lasts too long. It may be because He wants to change the world And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. He will take your heart of stone and change it – change you – for the better. ![]() Your circumstance may not ever change, but when your heart changes you will have the peace you long for.Īsk God to change your heart and make it new. Let God use that hard thing in your life to change you into a softer, more gentle empathetic person. And, He’s still got a lot of work to do!Ī hard heart is worse than any hard circumstance you face. That isn’t because I am a super saint! It’ s because blindness has been a tool in the hand of God that He has used to chip away lots of pride and self-sufficiency. Mercy and grace is my first response to others’ failures and sorrows. When I look at my life, sometimes I wonder if one of the reasons He hasn’t changed my blindness is because He’s used it to soften my heart. If I don’t discipline my mind to think on what is good or what I can do rather than what I can’t do, I would be one miserable woman!Ī hard heart is worse than any circumstance you face. It is always dark and confusing and stressful. I have to do this all the time -and I mean ALL the time! I get no vacation from blindness. We don’t have to be victims of stinking thinking. But, God has given us the mind of Christ! If we think our situation is hopeless, then we start to believe that it is. If we hold on to a negative mindset, even when our situations are gloomy, it just makes them worse. Sometimes our misery is more from the way we think about our situations than it is the situations themselves. Here are 3 things God may want to change in you and for you before He changes your circumstances: 1. Perhaps as you ask God to change your circumstances, you can asked Him to change you too in the process, in the meantime while you wait? T hat process isn’t always pleasant, I know, but there is meaning in this mean time for you. The older I get, the more I am convinced that God isn’t done until I am redone, changed from the inside out, for the better. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. ( Philippians 1:6) Maybe God doesn’t change our hard circumstances because He wants to give those hard circumstances time to change you? God is always in the process of finishing what He started in us. He doesn’t always do what we ask when we ask, right? ![]() There are so many things in this life we wish God would change. When we carry a heavy burden for a long time, we get weary and worn down. Have you asked and asked and asked (and begged) God to change your circumstance? I sure have.
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