est for knowing and enjoying God it is important to remember that pain often plays a significant part in intimacy with God. The following is adapted from a blog by Os Hillman“I form the light and create dariness, I bring propserity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.” Isaiah 45:7
God will use pain in order to create a love relationship with His creation. This statement may challenge your theology. However, consider that God allowed Jesus to experience incredible pain in order to create an opportunity to have a relationship with His creation. Consider how Jesus created a relationship with Paul. He blinded him and used a crisis in his life in order to bring him into a reationship with him and use him for God’s purpsoes. Consider how God recruited Jonah for the mission He had for him.
This is not God’s first choice for His creation. Romans 2:4 reveals that God’s preference is to show mercy and kindness. The problem is that there are few people who respond to the goodness of God. God loves people more than He loves thier comfort. He invests a great deal into mankind. He desires relationship with us and will go to great lengths to create such a relationship in order for us to receive the rewards and inheritance He has for us.
More tomorrow on a purpose for pain.
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