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Suffering Fuels Your Ministry

We’ve touched on over the last few days how God has a way of using our suffering for good. Genesis 50 declares, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.” 

See how God can turn any situation into a purpose that builds His kingdom? Someone may intend to hurt a people group, or oppress others, or wage war against a country and we personally ask how God could allow this to happen. However, even though a person may want to cause suffering, God will use it for good. In this verse, in particular, God uses that person's hurt to save others.

A large part of what I use in my ministry is my own testimony of how God has moved in my life. Although the enemy intended to use my suffering to stop my purpose, God has instead used it to reach others. The same can be true for you!

Perhaps your own experience with a stronghold will be used to birth a ministry to help others working through the same issue. Or maybe God will use your testimony to reach an unbeliever going through similar circumstances. When they see how God has restored you, they will want the same. I don’t know how God will use your suffering, but He will. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 reminds us of this truth; that God comforts us so that we might comfort others.

How can you take the trials of your life and use them for Kingdom purposes? Who can you minister to from a place of experience? Maybe you’re in the middle of suffering as you read this and hope one day to use it for this very purpose. Don’t wait! Let your faith in God, in a season of suffering, radiate to others the goodness of the Father!