There is Purpose in Your Trouble
Are you wondering why there seems to be so much trouble in your life? Perhaps you lost a loved one. Maybe you lost something of great significant value like a house or a car. Your trouble may have manifested in health or financial challenges. It could be that trouble has arisen in your significant relationships. If so, you may be wondering, “Is there any purpose in all this trouble?” Let’s take a look at a certain man who was met with much trouble in his life to discover the purpose for your trouble.
“… A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.“ Luke 10:30 (KJV)
This parabolic scene depicts a man whose life has landed in trouble. From the very start of the parable, this certain man “went down” from Jerusalem (the city of double-peace) to Jericho, a fortress built for warfare and defense in time of trouble. As this man’s life entered a season of trouble, so it is for every Christian. This man was met with no small trouble. In fact, he was hit so hard that his very life was at stake. First, he was attacked by thieves. Please understand the thief in this scene is prophetic for your enemy, the devil. The purpose of the devil is to steal, and to kill and to destroy your life (John 10:10).
EXTERNAL ATTACKS. The thief who attacked this man was no different. First, the thief stripped him of his clothes. Please know that clothes are for covering and protection of the body from hostile atmospheric elements. When trouble hits your life, you soon discover that those things in your life that you depend on for protection can sometimes come under gross attack. Physical coverings like your house can come under attack. Social coverings like covenant friendships can suddenly go bad. Financial protections like jobs or savings can be lost or used prematurely when the thief attacks you. Once your external protection has been assaulted, you can be left vulnerable to internal attacks.
INTERNAL ATTACKS. Next, the thief wounded this man causing bodily injury. The physical wounds endured by this man are emblematic of attacks on your body to diminish your health, as well as attacks on your heart to cause depression and despondency. Attacks that wound you physically or emotionally are designed to immobilize you and to prevent you from going forward in your life or ministry, even if it means ending your life. The devil who assaults you does so without pity. His purpose is to stop you by any means and at all costs.
However, it is not the devil’s purpose that will prevail in your life. Only God’s purpose and plan for your life will prevail, if you continue in faith. Please understand that God never ends anything on a negative note. If trouble seems to be prevailing in your life, then it means that God is not finished. Even though the thief may have come to steal, and to kill and to destroy, Jesus said that He came, that you might have life (LIVE), and that you might have it more abundantly (John 10:10). Jesus came so that you would enjoy your life to the full.
Now at this point you may be asking yourself, “If Jesus came so that I will enjoy my life to the full, why am I having all this trouble?” Though the answer lies within the above parable, it does not lie in the life of the certain main that was robbed and wounded by the thief. It is the life of the one who rescued the man on whom all this trouble fell. Notice the verses below:
”But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee…” Luke 10:33-36 (KJV)
The rescuer was a Samaritan, a people who were cousins to the Jews. Samaritans suffered much rejection and mistreatment because they were not full-blooded Jews. The life of this Samaritan reveals someone who had that he had been processed through much trouble in his life and culture. Now we see him pulling others out of trouble; even those who hated his culture. This Samaritan had been wounded by the culture of his day and is now able to apply healing to this wounded man. Because his people had suffered much rejection, he was able to accept those who were rejected, dejected and discarded as having little to know value. However, the trouble suffered by this Samaritan was not without purpose. It was his trouble that grew him. His trouble strengthened him. His trouble helped him to know that the grace of Jesus was sufficient in His life. He received grace to stand and that same grace enables him to provide to others the rich deposits in his life that were developed by pain and trouble. People of God, the Lord will use your pain to heal others. He will use your rejection to accept and affirm many who have suffered rejection. Your trouble is not without divine purpose. Your trouble is working together for your good because you love God and are called according to His purpose. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 (KJV)
So, when you see trouble rise up in your life, please understand that your trouble today prepares you to become someone else’s solution tomorrow!
May the Lord bless you richly!
~Minister Sandy
“… A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.“ Luke 10:30 (KJV)
This parabolic scene depicts a man whose life has landed in trouble. From the very start of the parable, this certain man “went down” from Jerusalem (the city of double-peace) to Jericho, a fortress built for warfare and defense in time of trouble. As this man’s life entered a season of trouble, so it is for every Christian. This man was met with no small trouble. In fact, he was hit so hard that his very life was at stake. First, he was attacked by thieves. Please understand the thief in this scene is prophetic for your enemy, the devil. The purpose of the devil is to steal, and to kill and to destroy your life (John 10:10).
EXTERNAL ATTACKS. The thief who attacked this man was no different. First, the thief stripped him of his clothes. Please know that clothes are for covering and protection of the body from hostile atmospheric elements. When trouble hits your life, you soon discover that those things in your life that you depend on for protection can sometimes come under gross attack. Physical coverings like your house can come under attack. Social coverings like covenant friendships can suddenly go bad. Financial protections like jobs or savings can be lost or used prematurely when the thief attacks you. Once your external protection has been assaulted, you can be left vulnerable to internal attacks.
INTERNAL ATTACKS. Next, the thief wounded this man causing bodily injury. The physical wounds endured by this man are emblematic of attacks on your body to diminish your health, as well as attacks on your heart to cause depression and despondency. Attacks that wound you physically or emotionally are designed to immobilize you and to prevent you from going forward in your life or ministry, even if it means ending your life. The devil who assaults you does so without pity. His purpose is to stop you by any means and at all costs.
However, it is not the devil’s purpose that will prevail in your life. Only God’s purpose and plan for your life will prevail, if you continue in faith. Please understand that God never ends anything on a negative note. If trouble seems to be prevailing in your life, then it means that God is not finished. Even though the thief may have come to steal, and to kill and to destroy, Jesus said that He came, that you might have life (LIVE), and that you might have it more abundantly (John 10:10). Jesus came so that you would enjoy your life to the full.
Now at this point you may be asking yourself, “If Jesus came so that I will enjoy my life to the full, why am I having all this trouble?” Though the answer lies within the above parable, it does not lie in the life of the certain main that was robbed and wounded by the thief. It is the life of the one who rescued the man on whom all this trouble fell. Notice the verses below:
”But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee…” Luke 10:33-36 (KJV)
The rescuer was a Samaritan, a people who were cousins to the Jews. Samaritans suffered much rejection and mistreatment because they were not full-blooded Jews. The life of this Samaritan reveals someone who had that he had been processed through much trouble in his life and culture. Now we see him pulling others out of trouble; even those who hated his culture. This Samaritan had been wounded by the culture of his day and is now able to apply healing to this wounded man. Because his people had suffered much rejection, he was able to accept those who were rejected, dejected and discarded as having little to know value. However, the trouble suffered by this Samaritan was not without purpose. It was his trouble that grew him. His trouble strengthened him. His trouble helped him to know that the grace of Jesus was sufficient in His life. He received grace to stand and that same grace enables him to provide to others the rich deposits in his life that were developed by pain and trouble. People of God, the Lord will use your pain to heal others. He will use your rejection to accept and affirm many who have suffered rejection. Your trouble is not without divine purpose. Your trouble is working together for your good because you love God and are called according to His purpose. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 (KJV)
So, when you see trouble rise up in your life, please understand that your trouble today prepares you to become someone else’s solution tomorrow!
May the Lord bless you richly!
~Minister Sandy
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