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Admin	When you face a challenging situation in life ... Posted : 3 Feb, 2011 04:11 AM ... do you tend to try to deal with it your way or seek to learn God's will and way for you to handle the situation? My heart and spirit were blessed this morning to be reminded by the Holy Spirit as I read with Him today's devotion from Charles Stanley's In Touch devotional magazine that it is always best and to our benefit to seek God's will and way of handling the challenging situations in our lives. May your heart and spirit be blessed too as the Holy Spirit shares this devotion with them today. Love, Steve Our Way or God�s Way Thursday, February 3, 2011 Read | Exodus 2:11-25 Whenever challenges come, there are two different ways to respond: God�s way or our way. Moses is an example of a man who, on separate occasions, tried out both options. In today�s passage, we see what happened when he took matters into his own hands. Although his motives were pure�namely, the relief of his peoples� suffering�his method was wrong. Moses made three mistakes. 1. He focused on the difficulty instead of on the Lord. How often have you and I done the same thing? The unfairness or pain of a situation grabs our attention and in our quest for a solution, we forget our all-powerful God. 2. He relied on his own strength and understanding. When a problem arises, the most natural response is to do what we can to make it right. 3. He acted impulsively rather than waiting on the Lord. If a situation seems urgent, fixing the problem as fast as possible becomes our top priority. Our way can look so logical at the time, but let�s consider how effective Moses was in achieving his goal. An Egyptian was killed, but the Hebrew people weren�t liberated. Moses was misunderstood by those he tried to help, and his life took an unexpected detour into the desert for 40 long years. We�ve all followed Moses� example at some point and suffered the consequences of self-reliance. But God didn�t reject Moses and cancel His plans for him. Instead, He refined the future leader�s character through trials and gave him another chance. Don�t you think the Lord will do the same for us? Copyright 2011 In Touch Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. www.intouch.org. In Touch grants permission to print for personal use only. Post Reply
LuvtheLord46 View Profile History	When you face a challenging situation in life ... Posted : 8 Feb, 2011 09:08 PM For myself, when Im faced with something scary, or challenging, I pray, pray, pray. I've been shown so many times that God comes up with the solution so much better than I could have. I do have a problem with holding on to my 'worrying about the situation', and repeatedly go back to the scriptures about casting my anxieties on the Lord. I'm blessed because I have recently joined a great church, that can help a person , with any situation they are dealing with. Post Reply
View Profile History	When you face a challenging situation in life ... Posted : 20 Feb, 2011 05:29 PM I pray and leave everything in God's hands. :rolleyes: Post Reply