There's a Silver Lining in Every Situation!

Silver Lining: A sign of hope in an unfortunate or gloomy situation; a bright prospect. A hopeful or comforting prospect in the midst of difficulty.

Believe me when I say that there is a silver lining in every situation! What I mean by that is there is much good in everything that God allows to cross our path. My friends, it’s so important to always keep in mind this scripture: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28). Once we get this truth working in our lives, we should be less likely to have such confusion and distrust in God’s master plan.

Let’s look at the good that comes from pain and suffering hardness. In hard times and in hard places, God always makes things work together for good if we do exactly what the scripture says - love Him and let Him call us according to His purpose. Take for instance the children of Israel - wouldn't you agree that God placed them in a little bit of hardness? He deliberately allowed the Egyptians to make their lives bitter with hard bondage. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew, and they were grieved because of the children of Israel (Exodus 1:12). The more pain, suffering and distress the Egyptians caused the Israelites, the more God brought His good blessing to them. So they multiplied, increased, and learned to call and cry unto the Lord. In our eyes, there may not appear to be any good in that, but when the hardness was over, there was not a feeble one among them and they left with jewels of silver and jewels of gold. God allows us to go through situations as well (maybe not as extreme as the children of Israel, but challenging nonetheless, right?), so He can bring us through them just as He did the children of Israel. The Lord's purpose and plan in the midst of every bitter and hard bondage is for us to grow and draw closer to Him.

The word hardness means not easily dented; solid; resistant to pressure. In spite of all the painful things we go through, God’s good blessing will cause us to grow. Every hard situation we go through is the place where God hides His good blessing. If we don’t see the good, we must pray and ask the Lord to show us the good.

We won’t have these wonderful experiences with God if He didn't put us in hard places, because as we see, it’s in those hard places that we learn that He works all things together for our highest good, and bring us into a more intimate relationship with Himself. Praise our wonderful Saviour for His Goodness and Mercy toward each of us!!

With all that said, let the Church say Amen and... AMEN!!