“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take [this thorn in the flesh] away from me. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” (2 Corinthians 12:8-9 NIV)
When Paul ran into a brick wall, he did not quit. Instead, he began to look at his obstacle from God’s point of view. Paul saw his immovable roadblock as a motivation to trust God rather than to depend on his own abilities.
All of us will face some unchangeable life circumstances that will appear to hinder our achieving our goals. We have two choices in how to respond to such obstacles. We can give up. Or, we can choose to view those problems as brilliantly disguised opportunities to trust God.
-- Robert Jeffress in “Choose Your Attitude, Change Your Life”
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