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My Inspiration: Bad break: Coincidence or planned?
from TT 167
by TIMES TODAY
Bad Break: Coincidence or Planned?
By William King | Email: kingwilliam189@gmail.com | image courtesy: pinterest.com
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We all have things happen to us that we don’t understand. Things take much longer than we think they should. Doors close. We work hard, but don’t get the promotion. The loan does not go through. A co-worker lies about us and it sets us back. It is easy to get frustrated and fight against what we do not like.
“God, why is this happening? When are you going to change it?” We think it’s holding us back. He did not say just the good things - the times you are promoted, getting good breaks and things changing in your favour. What we do not always realize is the delays, friend’s betrayal are serving His plan.
You are being developed, getting stronger through it. Without it you wouldn’t be prepared for what is coming. When you understand that everything serves His plan, you won’t live frustrated. You realize the closed door was not a bad break. It was God shutting the door. The person who walked away was not a coincedence.
Perhaps you have prayed for years that God would move away the co-worker who gets on your nerves. Do you know why they are not moving? They are serving you. God is using them to rub off your rough edges. You are learning to be patient, kind, overlook offenses. The Scripture says, “The steps of a good person are ordered by the Lord” (Psalm 37:23).
If you were not supposed to be there, you would not be there. God allowed it because it is necessary. You need that person or that closed door to reach your destiny. It is positioning you for something bigger. God does not always take us in a straight line from A to B to C. Sometimes He will take you from A to R then back to D.
It is not going to make sense. Sometimes it is going to look as though you are going backward. You have to trust Him when you do not understand. You have to know that everything is serving His plan. That is why the apostle Paul says, “All things work together for good for those who love the Lord” (Romans 8:28).
