Words of Comfort, Strength, and Encouragement

You? Set Up by God for a Blessing?
Sandra Thompson

My Friend, could it be that your trial or difficulty that you are now facing, has been allowed (set up) by God in order that He can bless you? Could it be that through your 'trial' God wants to be 'Glorified'?

God knows that nothing is too hard for Him! But perhaps He is just checking to see if you know that nothing (your difficulty) is too hard for Him. Have you considered that the very 'difficulty' that you find yourself in as the very place of your greatest blessing - that is, if it is put in the Hands of God?

If you never had a difficulty that exceeded your ability to handle, how would you ever KNOW that nothing is too hard for God? How would you KNOW that with God nothing is impossible? It is one thing to read the words in
the Word, but another thing to actually experience the Word in your life or of a loved one. Once you have experienced a situation that was impossible to you, but with your God in control it was not too hard for Him, and you watched Him do the impossible, you will KNOW that with God all things are possible. And you will experience that He not only does the impossible, but He blesses you through it!

Therefore, why do you get angry or depressed or loose faith in God because of what He allowed and intended to bless you with? Why do you even doubt that God could 'handle your situation'? There is not one thing in your life that God does not already know about. Oh, is it not happening the way you want it to, or within the time frame that you set up, so you cannot trust Him? Or did you decide it seems to be best if "you" take over and make 'it' work out, somehow. Does that not imply that God cannot be trusted?

Let's look at Abraham. He was promised a child and from that child would be a 'great nation'! He knew God and He trusted God. But as time went on and no child was given, he began to question God. "God, a servant was
born in my house and he legally is my heir, surely this is what You meant." God said "No, Abraham, you, yourself will father the child." Years went by and now he is getting old and Sarah has long past child bearing years. So they decided that Abraham could father a child through one of Sarah's servants. It made sense didn't it? God hadn't given them a child and they were now too old and so they just stepped out and helped God fulfill His Word. It was as we call it today, an Ishmael.

Years still went by and then when Abraham was 100 years old and Sarah was 90 years old, a son was born to them. God waited until it was so impossible you couldn't do anything but laugh at such an idea, to do the impossible. And Isaac, which means laughter, was born. And, of course,  Abraham was made the father of many nations. His great trial turned into an exceeding great blessing.  The Bible is filled with such accounts of great trials followed by great
blessings.

God so delights in setting you up for an impossible intervention and then just blessing you more than you could imagine. Have you considered your 'trial' or 'difficulty' as a 'set-up' by God for a great blessing? I have surely experienced this! What seemed so disastrous to me with no way out, was turned around into a great blessing and such freedom. What I went through turned my broken heart and so much pain into a completely restored heart and with the pain turned into such peace and joy!

God can do this for you! This is really His intention! He so desires that you experience that 'nothing, not even your situation', is too difficult for Him! God is Supernatural and so are His Ways! You just must trust Him, absolutely trust Him, lean on Him, and allow Him to be in control!

Be Blessed