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2026-10-01

Problems Put To Work

Romans 8:37 NLT

Everyone faces problems. It's a part and not-so-nicely-gift-wrapped parcel of living in this fallen world. We can't control the unexpected side-slams that find us. But we do have control over how we react to them.

As people who God has met, reached out to, saved from our sins, and restored, we're in the best possible position this side of heaven to deal with problems. Romans 8:37-39 says: 'in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord' (NIV).

Those things that might intimidate us can't shake us from His love. But more than that, those side-slams we've had to take so far, that God had to restore us from, they're not even going to remain as 'weak points' in our armour against life. When the Roman Empire conquered a city, they not only captured it and controlled it, they put it to work for them. God's even more efficient than that terrifying military machine: when God restores you, when He takes control of our weakened defences, those very points will become His strong, shining, towers. Our shaky moments of former weakness will become the workforce of His glory in our lives. In Him, we will not just conquer those weaknesses, we will be 'more than conquerors'.

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