So occassionally I read "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers and the entry for today really made think.
“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour?’ No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!”
Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
-John 12:27-28
I bet you have heard the phrase, "Everything happens for a reason," in fact im quite sure you have.
How many times in your life do you experience bad times and wonder why. Why me? Why is this happening to me? How many times do we play the victim and whine that we are going through a tough time?
Far too much. Or at least I do.
I submit this phrase to you from Oswald Chambers
"The way to find your self is in the fires of sorrow."
I love that because its so true. What doesnt kill me only makes me stronger right. With every bad decision i make I learn something about myself and who I am. God should be glorified at all times, not just the good times, the bad times as well because it is in those bad times that we truly find out who God created us to be.
Father, glorify your name!