God May Not Take You Out, But He Will Take You Through!

Often times we are wanting God to come and take us OUT of our problems, when all along God intends to take us THROUGH.    

The three Hebrew Children were told to bow to the idol.   They refused  because of their faith in God.  The threat was that anyone that did not bow would be thrown into the fiery furnance.   OK, right there my prayer is going to be that God would not allow me to be thrown into the fire.   Wouldn't it be the prayer of all of us that we would not have to be thrown into a furnace?   And yet, they were thrown in.  God didn't save them from the furnace, but he did save them from the flames.   Flames that should have burned them alive was not able to touch them even though they walked in the midst of the flames.  I'm talking to someone right now and you are waking in the midst of the flames.  God may not take you OUT of the problem, but he will WALK you through it!

Daniel prayed everyday, and his enemies used his faithfulness against him.  They tricked the King into making a decree that no one could pray to any God or man except to the King.   What did Daniel do?  He went right on and prayed to God anyway.  The punishment?  Thrown into a den of lions.   Now right there I'm going to start praying that I don't have to go to that den.   I would be praying God keep me out of that den of lions, and deliver me from it.  Because I don't want to have to go through being thrown to lions.  Who could survive that?   God didn't take Daniel out of that situation, but He did take him through it.  He was thrown to the lions, but God shut the lions mouth.

Joseph was given a coat of many colors.   His brothers hated him because of his favor and his dreams.  God didn't keep him from betrayal, abuse, and hardships, because his brothers gave him all of that, but God did take him through it.  And in the end God took all those hardships and worked them together for his good.

Word of Wisdom: God doesn't always bring us out, but He will see us through. God didn't keep the Three Hebrew children out of the fire, but He did go with them THROUGH it. God didn't keep Daniel out of the lion's den, but He did go with him THROUGH it. God didn't keep Joseph from being hurt, betrayed and abused by his family, but He did take Him THROUGH it to a better place. Whatever circumstance or situation that you are going through today, God may not take you out of it, but He will take you THROUGH it! Even Noah built a boat and went THROUGH the flood. Somebody say, " I may not come out, but nothing can stop MY GOD from taking me THROUGH!"