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Original post @ https://dbethandrews.wordpress.com/2023/09/05/life-lessons-2/
Life Lessons
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 BY BETH ANDREWS
They say you learn from your mistakes. I believe that is true. I also believe I am nearing my doctorate from the school of hard knocks. I have a long repertoire of hard-gained life lessons. David obviously did too. He wrote, “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word” (Ps 119:67). The Scripture doesn’t go into detail about what David’s affliction was, but it was clearly valuable for him. In fact, he added, It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn Your decrees” (v. 71), As a result of those lessons David said, “The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold” (v. 72).
Like David, my “afflictions” or more accurately, my consequences, have been invaluable to me. The writer of Hebrews said, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it” (Hebrews 12:11). Trials that come as a consequence of our sinful and foolish behavior are meant to teach us valuable life lessons. I’ve rubbed my knees at the thought of taking another sinful fall. I’ve rubbed my backside at the thought of another “trip behind the woodshed” with God. I’ve looked at my clean hands, once stained with filth, and knew I didn’t want to soil them again. And I’ve looked at the cross and decided that I didn’t want to betray God’s love and mercy.
Beloved, I don’t know what trial you are facing today, but I know that God has brought you to it for a good purpose. He is at work in your life, stretching your faith, moving you into His will, preparing you to minister to someone else, teaching you discipline, and making your life a display of His glory. Every trial is an opportunity for you and me to draw closer to our Father, to walk by faith, and to point others to Him. Yes, we can count it all Joy when trials come, because we know God has a purpose and a plan – and we will be the richer for it.
“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him” (James 1:12).
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