We struggle with so many things in this life, but the one thing we struggle the most with is US. Many of the problems of life would be easier if WE did not focus so much on what WE want, need and desire.
There are many things that our Lord uses to help us keep ourselves under His control. He will use people that we might have a personality conflict with to reveal the depths of SELF that are still in us. We keep butting heads with them or pray that God will straighten them out when all the time He wants to straighten US out.
If Jesus lives in me, if I am developing His character in me and if I allow Him to mold me then I will be constantly bumping into ME. I get in Jesus’ way when He is growing and stretching me. I discover this when I clash with another person. I discover this when I allow life to direct me. These clashes, bumps and collisions are God’s way of revealing me to me. My reaction to these things reveals the depth of my walk with the Lord.
The weakest moments of my life drive me to God. It is here I discover His strength. It is in the height of the moment I can choose to walk in the depths of His grace. It is in the moments that I feel the most empty that He can fill me the fullest.
Strength in weakness, life in death, joy in struggle – the legacy of allowing God to use our clashes to grow us. It is worth it!
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