Walking Wounded
Theme of the Week: Strategic Struggle
Ray Pritchard
Friday, August 13, 2004
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Key Bible Verse: The suffering you sent was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your principles (Psalm 119:71). Bonus Reading:Psalm 119:67, 75
In the movie Black Hawk Down, a vehicle filled with wounded American soldiers lurches to a stop in the middle of a street where Somali bullets are flying in every direction. The officer in charge tells a soldier to get in and start driving. "I can't," the soldier says, "I'm shot."
"We're all shot," the officer replies. "Get in and drive."
That scene resonates because it's so true. We're all wounded in one way or another. It's not what happens to us that matters. It's how we respond that makes all the difference. Our troubles are no mistake. In a profound sense that we won't fully understand until we get to heaven, our troubles are a gift from God. They humble us, kill our pride, force us to admit our weakness, and drive us to the Savior who alone can help us when all earthly aids have failed.
Sometimes we all face things for which there is no earthly explanation. In those moments we need to erect a sign that reads, "Quiet: God at Work." Meanwhile, hold on. Keep believing. Don't quit. Don't give up. Let God do His work in you. The greatest tragedy is to miss what God wants to teach us through our troubles.
—Ray Pritchard in The God You Can Trust
Adapted from The God You Can Trust (Harvest, 2003) by permission.
My Response: I'll ask God to show me clearly what He wants me to learn from trials.
Thought to Apply: A season of suffering is a small price to pay for a clear view of God.
—Max Lucado (pastor)
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You have granted me many blessings; now let me also accept what is hard from Your hand. —Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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