A Reflection On Glorifying God

When I want to be a witness through my trials

We can become extremely self-absorbed in a trial. We see how it will impact us, we pray for deliverance from it, and we obsess about how to work ourselves out of it. But we often become blind to God’s larger purpose. Our trials, though they seem like disasters to us, may be God’s means for bringing honor to His name. We are to seek His glory in all circumstances, even the ones that pain us deeply. They are often His means of letting the world know who He is.

How does Jesus display Himself in our trials? That depends on our response. Are we in a situation where people are trying to compel us to conform to the world’s standards? Then Jesus is displayed in our refusal to be conformed. Are we suffering in a way that would cause most people to despair or cry out in bitterness and anger? Then Jesus is displayed as we demonstrate that this world’s travails are swallowed up in our hope of eternal life. Whatever we go through, it can result in our being witnesses.

This will be your opportunity to tell them about me.

Luke 21:13