{"id":3784,"date":"2024-11-17T20:14:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T20:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2024-11-17T20:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T20:14:27","slug":"god-brings-prosperity-out-of-adversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/17\/god-brings-prosperity-out-of-adversity\/","title":{"rendered":"GOD BRINGS PROSPERITY OUT OF ADVERSITY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\uf0f0 Text: Genesis 28:10-22
\uf0f0 Intro:
o God often leads us through great trials in preparation for some greater service or blessings.
o Whenever bad things happen to a believer, God can bring good things out of them.
o Almost every person whom God used greatly, was first put through a wilderness experience in preparation and training for the best plan God had for them.
o God brings good out of evil for the person who loves God and seeks to do His will. \u2013 John 12:23-26
\u2022 In our sorrows, there are joys;
\u2022 In our crosses, there are crowns;
\u2022 In our miseries, there are mercies;
\u2022 In our losses, there are gains;
\u2022 In our disappointments, there are God\u2019s appointments;
\u2022 In our contradictions, there are compensations.
o Question:
\u2022 What can we learn from Bible characters who went through wilderness trials and testings?
\u2022 Consider these Bible characters to see how good came out of trials so as to encourage us in difficulties:
\uf0f0 1. JACOB.
o After Jacob had fled from his home and his murderous brother Esau, he slept on a stony pillow (Genesis 28:11).
\u2022 In Jacob\u2019s stony pillow he saw the Lord on top of a ladder leading to heaven. He received 5 promises from God.
\u2022 He called it the House o God, Bethel (v.17) and the Gate of Heaven.
\u2022 He made a four-fold vow and promised to give one-tenth of all that God gave him to God.
\uf0f0 2. JOSEPH.
o After spending about 10 years in jail, Joseph found that God was preparing him for the palace to do a mighty work of saving many people\u2019s lives.
\u2022 Genesis 50:20; Psalm 105:17-22)
o He became second-in-charge of Egypt.
\u2022 Pharaoh changed his name to Zaphnath-Paaneah (Genesis 41:45) meaning \u2018Revealer of secrets and Saviour of the world\u2019.
o Joseph\u2019s sufferings and exaltation became a wonderful prophetic picture of Jesus Christ\u2019s future suffering and exaltation.
\uf0f0 3. MOSES in the wilderness in Exodus 3:1-4:13.
o Moses spent 40 years learning to be great in Pharaoh\u2019s palace;
o Moses spent 40 years learning to be a nobody in the wilderness;
o Moses spent 40 years serving God doing a great work of delivering Israel from Egypt, receiving the 10 Commandments, writing Scripture, seeing God, and learning God\u2019s Name \u2018I AM\u2019 (3:14,15).
\uf0f0 4. DAVID.
o David turned the taunts of Goliath into a great triumph.
\u2022 Goliath humiliated the Israelite army for 40 days.
\u2022 God used a little boy, David, to humiliate the Philistine army and win a great victory for God and Israel. (I Samuel 17:43-50).
\u2022 David experienced great suffering in being chased by Saul for many years through the wilderness.
\u2022 One day, God turned David\u2019s suffering to great joy when he was crowned King of Israel.
o Question:
\u2022 What giants such as Goliath and Saul do we need to conquer by faith?
\uf0f0 5. ELIJAH.
o Elijah fled into the wilderness after being threatened with death by Jezebel.
o God encouraged Elijah by sending an angel to encourage him, giving him a new ministry and a new friend in Elisha to carry on his work, as well as a chariot ride to heaven without seeing death.
\uf0f0 6. PAUL.
o Paul\u2019s two wilderness experiences led to great blessing:
\u2022 a) Paul spent three years in the Arabian desert, studying to get his doctrine clear (Galatians 1:17), which helped him in his preaching, his letters to the churches and his missionary journeys in the years to come.
o Lesson: Years spent in studying God\u2019s Word and in learning to be a nobody are laying solid foundations for future service.
\u2022 b) Paul spent many years sacrificing, suffering and being persecuted on his missionary journeys and in jail (2 Corinthians 11:21-30), which led to:
\uf0a7 \u2013 many churches being started;
\uf0a7 \u2013 writing much of the New Testament which has blessed millions of Christians;
\uf0a7 \u2013 becoming a great example who inspired much soul winning, missionary activity,
\uf0a7 and was a model for future missionaries.
\uf0f0 7. JOHN.
o While banished to the isle of Patmos, John was given a glorious revelation of heaven, of the end of the age, and of eternity future. (Revelation 1:9).
\u2022 God sent him away from people, to give him the visions of Revelation.
\u2022 What seemed like a bad thing (his exile on Patmos), led to a very good thing of the book of Revelation being written.
o This book has given blessing and hope to millions of Christians\u2019 lives.
\u2022 It has greatly informed believers on Christ\u2019s return.
\u2022 It shows us the ultimate defeat of Satan and victory for believers at Christ\u2019s coming.
\uf0f0 8. JESUS.
o Jesus had two main wilderness experiences:
\u2022 a) In Luke 4:1 the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil for 40 days.
\uf0a7 The result of His victory over Satan here was fame, power, glory and teaching God\u2019s Word with power. (Luke 4:14,15,31,32).
\u2022 b) Jesus knew that the valley of suffering on the cross that He was to endure, would lead to the glory of His resurrection, ascension and final victory over sin and Satan.
\uf0f0 Conclusion:
o Question:
\u2022 What wilderness experiences or valleys are you going through?
o Answer:
\u2022 These can be the precursors to great blessings. (Romans 8:28).
\u2022 The way to cure despair is to give yourself to prayer, for prayer is the great cure of every ill.
\u2022 Sufferings and wilderness experiences for God\u2019s best servants are part of our training for a bigger work for God.
o Question:
\u2022 Will you see wilderness experiences as being for your learning and future blessing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"