Following is a blog post by Pastor Craig Groeschel:
Before God blesses your ministry publicly, he’ll often allow you to suffer with integrity privately.
Personal pain often precedes pubic gain. A.W. Tozer said, “It is doubtful that God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.”
Scripture seems to imply that God will often test us before God blesses us. He wants to know if we’ll be faithful before giving us more.
The biggest tests I’ve faced involved doing the right thing when no one else knows. One time I had to make a public and controversial stand without the freedom to explain the reason. To expose the reason would have hurt too many innocent people.
I believe God called me to endure the criticism from uninformed people on behalf of those who were innocent. One explanation would have silenced all the critics, but also compromised my integrity.
I chose to stand alone. God knew the whole story. That had to be enough for me.
You may have to do the same. If you are facing private pain, rejoice that God might be preparing you for ministry gain.
1 comments:
Very timely. I needed this today.
Thank you.
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