[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: The pain of enlargement

Read: ROMANS 8:18-39 

Meditation verse: 

“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be  compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” (Romans 8:18).

I experienced a season of intense internal struggles some time ago. I was  struggling with anxiety, uncertainty, regrets, and fear, which seemed to persist  even after praying. As I sat down to study my bible one morning, I came across a write-up in Bishop T.D Jakes’ “woman thou art loosed bible that said, “if you  are going to bring forth anything in your career, marriage or life, if you are going  to develop anything in your character, if you are going to be fruitful, it will come  through the things you suffer. You will enter strength through sorrow”.  

Instantly, it dawned on me that I needed to change my perspective about what  I was going through. I needed to view the internal turmoil as part of a birthing  process. The pain from this toiling was needed to push forth God’s purpose for  my life in that season. Greatness can hardly be found in our comfort zones, only  mediocrity resides there. There was a seed of greatness that needed to be  brough forth in that season and if all wassettled, I would have no desire to strive  to bring forth. 

Most processes of development that result in change from one form to another  are difficult and uncomfortable. The purification of gold, the emergence of  pearls from oysters, the emergence of a butterfly from a larva and the birth of a  baby from a pregnancy are not easy processes. See how the larva struggles to  get out. See how the stomach of a pregnant woman stretches and enlarges as  her baby grows inside her. She passes through so much discomfort until her  baby is born. Even the process of birth is painful. Change is a difficult process.  Enlargement is uncomfortable and sometimes painful.  

When you pray for God to bless you and enlarge your coast, why do you assume  that the process or the journey would be easy? Why do you assume that it will  happen instantly? The purification of gold takes some time, full term pregnancy  takes nine months. God is working behind the scenes of your life to perfect that  which concerns you. He has information which you do not have. It is all part of  the process, and it is working out for your good.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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