Daily Study Judges 3:1-31
Sometimes when we are in the midst of a trial, we pray for God to show us what we need to do to make it stop. What will bring the struggle to an end? But sometimes God’s answer is we can do nothing to end a trial; we will have to continue enduring it. Why is that? Consider the words in Judges 3:1-2: “Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan. It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before.”
The best person to minister to the wounded is someone who has been wounded. So when you experience intense pain, fear of the future, anxiety, sleepless nights, or other trials, ask God to help you grow in what you’re going through. Why? So that you will be ready to speak truth and empathy into another life when you find yourself safely on the other side, or even before.
Who has helped you through a struggle because they could relate with you? How can you help someone because of what you have faced or are facing?