you are probably tired and sad about all that is happening around you right now you look around you and everything seems to be falling apart all your hopes have been dashed all your plans smashed and dreams shattered you feel too weak even to believe anything or hope in the future your laps are tired of running your mind is tired of thinking and planning your lips are weary do to many prayers most importantly your heart is fainting you are wondering why God is taking you through a hard time God has prepared an answer for you today
ensure you watch this video to the end as I will unveil seven profound reasons why God is taking you through that pain and hard time before we continue please subscribe to this channel you might have been looking at other people and see they have everything working for them they are not passing through the things you are passing through you are in the same place yet experience completely different things you want to sulk in give up quit stop and give in but just hold on a second have you ever wondered why these things are happening to
you have you ever considered why you face Hard Times pain disappointments and challenges why are they all targeted towards you why are you the one facing everything like you are the only one on earth here are seven signs that answer your questions number one a higher revelation of god let's Ponder together have you ever imagined why John the Beloved did not receive the Revelation about the end to come until when he was dropped in a pot of boiling oil and allowed to cook after they discovered he hadn't died they threw him to an island more
like a desert in the hope that some animals would kill him do you know how it feels to have your skin boiled with hot oil that was what John was facing at the moment and in that pain in that hard time the revelation of Jesus came to him and he could record things that would happen decades and centuries after his death have you ever wondered why have you ever wondered why David had to be haunted by Saul for many years and could not sleep at night he was always on the run trying to escape death
yet having lots of battles to fight he wrote many Psalms most of which were his Whispers of pain and despair God looked at him in everything he faced and called him a man after my heart have you ever wondered how David accomplished that feet what about Paul who showed us a sneak peek into his life and how he was on travels often beatings many times always hungry persecuted in jail many times and then he said says I saw a man whether in spirit or the flesh I can't tell have you wondered why he had to
go through all he went through or Moses who had been ordained a deliverer from birth and was fortunate to see an Egyptian quarreling with an Israelite and was quickened immediately to fight the man kill and bury him right on that spot his news spread abroad and he ran as fast as his legs could and started to tend sheep for 40 more years then God appeared to him one day taking the Sheep to graze and said Moses he answered here am I have you wondered why he had to be relegated from a prince to a Shepherd
it's because there is something that your pain does to you it allows you to learn something about God you didn't know before and couldn't have known pain is temporary but it is a great teacher some people are constantly on the run from pain they always try to avoid pain and do what is fun and easy rather than hard and necessary they avoid things that always cause pain and only gravitate towards sweet things this is because they do not understand that pain is an opening that gives you access to a dimension of God you never knew
before pain is the gate that welcomes you into a deeper experience in God and if God is concerned about revealing himself to you he can only do that in the place of pain God calls men to himself to teach them through hard times to reveal secrets and to reveal deeper Dimensions to them a typical example is job job was a man who knew a lot about God and was righteous in all his ways but God wanted him to understand that he cannot be questioned and that no man can judge him the devil probably thought God
had no plans for job but God had the fact that God did not voice his plans out did not mean he did not have plans job received twice of all he lost but beyond that he had a revelation of God that no one else had he experienced the dimension of God that made him see God in another light in awe and reference if God is particular about you and about using you for his glory he will pass you through unpalatable circumstances he will pass you through situations that will cause you to groan and be alone
in thoughts and then in that pain he comes and unveils a revelation for you you must trust God to help you use your pain positively some people complain during their period of pain you should not do that you should rather look for the lesson God is trying to teach you in that pain God uses pain and hard times to pass Revelation understanding and insight about himself that you never knew and could have never known number two a increased empathy and compassion no one is born with a Compassionate Heart to have a heart of compassion and
empathy you must have gone through enough pain and AFF experiences that paint the circumstances of others as part of yours causing you to feel the pain they feel and to empathize with them you cannot understand what hunger means if you have not been hungry yourself when God has plans to use you the only way he can make you learn how to feel compassion for others is not by teaching you but by passing you through the very things that the people will pass through or are passing through this way you know how they feel and how
to help them 2 Corinthians 1:4 says God Comforts Us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the Comfort we have received from God God can only comfort those who are mourning or who are in pain if we are not in pain we do not have the comfort of God and then we would lack the ability to comfort those going through depressing situations in many cases God trains his children not for themselves but for the people they will Minister and help in years to come you are probably going through
things you have no business with but those around you and those you are sent to help will experience these things a savior without compassion will be a villain power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely if God will commit power into your hands to deliver people he has to ensure that you go through the same things that the people you have been sent to help will go through so that you can Comfort them and help them because you were also in their situation I know you desire to be used greatly by God you desire to be
the deliverer that you are you want your life to count for God in the Sands of time these are legitimate desires and you have not sinned by Desiring these things the cost of being the person God can use is that you must have empathy for the people before God can use you and empathy is not talked with words or by conduct it is experienced in pain a person in addiction needs a person who has gone through the same addiction and has overcome it to help him in that addiction if you do not know what it
means to be addicted you can keep talking and saying words that you have not experienced but when someone with experience comes the difference is clear the addict suddenly finds someone that relates to what they are going through you must have this at the back of your mind many of the things you are going through will be enjoyable for you but for the people you have been sent to deliver Moses was trained with sheep for 40 years because he would leave lead people for another 40 years he had to see the Israelites as dumb people who
wanted to get to somewhere they didn't know just as he usually would lead the Sheep out of the pen in the day and bring them in at night and they also didn't know where they were going he had to be responsible for every sheep which was the same character he took towards judging the Israelites he wanted to judge every one of them one by one but he discovered he was wearing himself out he had to listen to Jethro's advice to surmount that problem if God will make you a leader and a captain over people he
must ensure you have the badge it takes to lead them this badge is the badge of compassion and empathy and you only get this badge after you have successfully gone through every pain and hard time and have learned every lesson you should learn one reason God is passionate about passing you through pain is to inject compassion and empathy in you so that you can feel what they feel and relate with what they are passing through number three strength and courage how are soldiers built through pain how are warriors built through pain how do you build
ferocious leaders and conquerors through intense pain and rigorous schedules how are the world's best athletes built through pain and sacrifices pay it is the common factor that distinguishes the ordinary from the extraordinary the extra that the ordinary adds to their equation is that they subject themselves to pain you are only as strong is the amount of pain you subject yourself to can you take the pain what makes people strong when they go through the pain they thought would consume them and then they discover they are not dead but they are stronger than were before this
is what makes true Champions pain is the determining Factor great people Embrace pain as part of the process this is not only in cases relating to God in every field pain is what separates the mediocre from the high flyer the pain of midnight study the pain of sitting and learning when you should sleep and relax the pain of praying when you should be playing the pain of discipline the pain of having no friends the pain of limited spending the pain of tough decisions pain and hard times are what make leaders the reason why God is
passing you through hard times and pain is to make you stronger courage is not inborn for most people courage is a skill that can be learned courage is the ability to to act despite problems the ability to act despite fear the ability to act and take action even when you know you do not have everything settled what made David think he could take down Goliath he'd faced the bear and he tore the bear do you know what a bear is you might have to research what a bear is knowing what a bear is you will
know a teen cannot kill a bear David met with a lion that was about to take a sheep and he delivered the sheep from its mouth and killed them Beast what do you think David was doing building courage but did he ask for the animals to come no God sent them God sent them to David not to kill David God sent them to David to prove to David that he could kill those beasts that built courage in David David did not turn away from The Lion and the bear he had the opportunity to at least
he could have gone to his father to say he saw a bear and his father would be glad he still had his son but David would have missed out here's the point no one saw David when he took the bear down and when he killed the lion but David would not have been able to take down Goliath if he had not killed the bear or the lion and I tell you Goliath was the victory that noised his name abroad they even began to sing A Chorus to his name that happened because he had strength from
what he had faced look around you now and see your life God sent everything you are going through to strengthen you I do not care what it is who would have thought a lion was God's idea does a bear sound like a good idea to you no so that situation that pain that lack that I luck that depression the rejection the fight they are all real and they have been sent for one purpose to give courage for what lies ahead to strengthen you to take the bigger Beast coming your way if you elude them and
keep running away what happens is that you will keep running away because you will never have what it takes to stand up and make the difference that you know you should Number Four The Jewel on your inside this is the fourth reason why God is passing you through pain Isaiah 48 10 C I have refined you though not as silver I have tested you in the furnace of Affliction when you see raw gold you can miss out on the gold because it does not look as pretty as you think it would be unrefined gold is
not appealing to the eyes but when you refine it you will find that just a little bar of it is worth millions of dollars what makes gold so expensive is the material The Jewel on the inside of it in its original state it does not look attractive this is how you are you are not attractive or expensive until you are refined and transformed as you are right now you are a blessing you are great and you have great potential inside of you but none will be visible until you are refined how does God refine people
the furnace of Affliction do you know how gold is refined bypassing it through intense Heat ovens with a very high temperature range are used to purify them and kill impurities inside them raw gold that is not subjected to heat will never become refined gold if God does not take you through the furnace of Affliction and pain you cannot be used for him nor can you be that refined and beautiful version of yourself some people have a simple life but why do you compare yourself to them do you have the same destiny are you going to
the same place do you have the same calling and desires no why then do you expect their training to be like yours no two people in the Bible had the same kind of training your training in process is unique and peculiar to you they may have similar experiences to the Wilderness experience but differ in their peculiarity no one else was thrown inside a pit like Joseph no one else had the the King on his tail like David Moses was the only man shepherded for 40 years before he heard the voice of God again through a
burning bush no one else saw a burning bush except Moses no one else did the Holy Spirit come down as a dove upon him except Jesus no one else was taken as a captive except Daniel and the Hebrew boys no one else had to be presented to the king as Esther no one said if I perish I perish except Esther everyone has a different furnace of Affliction and when you find God bringing yours to you he expects you to accept it and submit to it not to fight it you are not meant to share your
dealings with god with a public congregation because it is primarily peculiar to you I understand you want to share it to encourage other people but it shouldn't be the basics of your teaching the basics of teaching should be the word of God and the life of Jesus this is because if people do not experience certain things that you experienced they tend to feel less of themselves and begin to think that God has favorites your encounters and your Revelations are yours to consume God called you to share the word of God and the life of Christ
everything else is secondary God is passing you through pain and hard times because there is a jewel in inside of you and the only way it can come out is by passing you through hard times see what the word of God says in 2 Corinthians 4 7 but we have this treasure in Jars of Clay to show that this all surpassing power is from God and not from us you are his vessel and were made to show forth his power number five complete dependence on God the word of God says in Psalms 3418 the Lord
is close to the Brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit one primary reason God passes people through hard times is that he wants to work on their hearts a man's heart can be lifted against God and if that man is one that God wants to use he has to work on the man and touch his thighs like Jacob so that the man will become subject to God and his ways Brokenness is a trait that God desires so much God loves a heart that is broken hard times and pain strengthen your faith in God
and cause you to depend on him because you have nowhere to go and there is no help except if he helps you many hearts do not yield to God totally until they have been through hard times then they understand that they need God and choose to submit as an act of their own will God cannot despise a broken BR en heart but it must pass through the pain and circumstances that make it broken to achieve it without those scenarios the heart will remain strong and lifted being weak towards God is the greatest blessing you can
have God wants us to be weak towards him and when we are weak towards him he supplies the strength courage and ferocity we need to be strong towards the world if you are strong and unbending towards God you display your strength in the wrongest places you come to draw when you come to God you must live your life as one who truly needs God when you come to God you have come to receive from him when you come to God you have come to your root your Source you are the branch he is the tree
when you come to God you just picture that you have come to the only one who can sustain you and give you life to live in this world however you can only achieve this mindset when you try and fail many times then you are subjected to pain and disappointment you then see this heart rising to you because you have no help but him one reason God passes you through pain is to break your heart and make you completely rely on him which is a blessing number six patience and perseverance patience is an attribute of God
and a sign of true wisdom we live in a world where everything is fast no one wants to wait people can cut through corners to get what they want as fast as possible the discipline of waiting and maintaining the right attitude while waiting is a boring topic to many people waiting on the Lord and being patient for things to happen alienates many people they do not have the number one attribute you must have when walking with God God passes you through hard times to instill patience in you James 1 23 says consider it pure joy
my brothers whenever you face Trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance the testing of your faith means the passing of hard times the trials and the pain you go through your faith is being tested your patience is being tested and what comes out when you have been tested is a beautiful fruit God is more concerned about the product he will achieve from your life as you go through the process than the pain you are experiencing right now this is how Paul put it in 2 Corinthians 4 17
for our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all the glory that will be revealed through your life B outweighs the challenges and pains that you are going through right now in the present whenever you feel weak Encourage Yourself by reminding yourself that the glory that will be revealed in you through your pains far outweighs everything you are going through this brings Comfort to your heart patience and perseverance are two virtues built in you when you go through hard times and pain you can be an impatient person
before number seven God is writing a story I dare to tell you that God is writing a story about your life you may find it hard to believe it but God is writing the story God is making something beautiful out of your life which you may not see now he knows how the story ends because he is the author and the finisher of your faith he is Alpha and Omega meaning he knows the beginning and the end and even knows the end before the beginning you do not have to panic because what you are going
through is for a short while you will eventually get over this challenge it is a phase that will end Moses was not tending sheep all the days of his life Joseph was not in prison forever Jesus was not in the grace forever David was not in caves forever Daniel and the Hebrew boys were not captives forever your pain is a season that will pass away what will remain with you are the lessons you learned and the virtues you cultivated while passing through the pain God is writing a story about your life Abraham was not Barren
forever Abraham may not have known there would be a book called The Bible he didn't have that information he just walked with God and he became the father of faith God is writing a story about your life believe in him and let him make you through this process beloved I understand that passing through hard times is not a palatable process enduring hard times and experiencing moments of sadness and pain is not pleasurable but you must be like Jesus Hebrews 122 says let us fix our eyes on Jesus Jesus the author and perfector of our faith
who for the joy set before him endured the cross scorning its shame and sat down at the right hand of the Throne of God there was a joy that caused Jesus to keep running there was a joy that made Jesus sacrifice all that he had no one could see the joy but he could no one can see the joy but you should you should see the woman God is making making out of you you should see the man God is making out of you and for that reason continue to labor and continue to press do
not hate pain do not run from pain pain is there to strengthen you pain makes you wiser pain builds you more run towards your pain and you will get stronger by the day let's pray dear father I thank you for your powerful word and Revelation that has come to my heart today I thank you because you have good intentions towards me I thank you because you want to use me for a greater purpose and that's why you are passing me through pain and hard times I thank you because you deem me useful in your kingdom
I thank you because you are changing my perspective from seeing pain as a thing to avoid to seeing pain as a blessing and a gift now I understand that if you desire to use people you pass them through pain to make them you do not pass me through pain to hurt me but to make me I thank you Jesus because your plans for me are thoughts of good and not evil Lord I yield myself to you please come and make me and mold me I Repent of my ignorance and I pray that you subject me
to the necessary discipline to complete the assignment you want me to do effectively ly dear Lord I also pray that you give me a higher Dimension and revelation of yourself to equip me to serve you I pray that you increase my empathy and compassion so that I have a heart that can feel what your people are feeling and relate to what they're going through I pray Lord for strength and courage to do the hard but necessary things that I need to do I know I am not as strong as I should be but I have
come to your throne to obtain Grace to help me I want to be strong enough to do things for you I want to be strong and be a beacon of strength for others please help me and make me strong help me to have complete faith in you I do not want to trust in myself but to trust in you my confidence is in you Lord keep me steadfast in the faith I also pray for a heart of patience and perseverance give me a heart that is just like yours and Lord make a beautiful story out
of my life that Nations and generations will read and have reasons to serve you amen if you haven't liked this video And subscribe please do so now thank you for watching God bless you
