Bumping

We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.

2 Corinthians 4:8 

 

I don't know who decided to tell people that living the Christian Life was simple, care-free, and without any bumps along the way, but they were wrong!  BOY were they wrong!  Don't believe me, ask the Apostle Paul.  You see, when he was Saul he was on the fast track to greatness.  He was a Pharisee, a Roman citizen, extremely zealous enforcer of the Jewish faith, his family had wealth....in short, his life was golden.  He was admired by those with whom he worked.  They liked him.  

 

And then...Jesus introduced Himself to Saul and that threw a HUGE monkey wrench into the mix.  Upon his conversion, Saul lost almost everything!  He lost his reputation, his standing in the synagogue, he lost the friends he could once count on, he lost the religious leaders who would seek his counsel, he lost his mission to destroy the church.  Saul lost...or so it seemed.

 

What many would see as a HUGE setback, Saul saw as an opportunity!  He realized that he still had the same intense drive to to the best he could, but now his mission was different.  How many of us would take a setback and realize it could be just what you needed, whether you admit it or not?  Just because our situation may change does not mean God has just let us go!  It doesn't mean we no longer have a purpose!  We DO have a purpose, but it might be different from what we imagined.  

 

God has a way of working our lives so that everything is for OUR best and HIS glory!

 

My Grampa told me one time, "If ya ain't bumpin' into that serpent, you slitherin' right along with him."