REACTING TO THE TESTS OF LIFE

By David Brandt Berg

God allows disappointing incidents and circumstances in order to strengthen us. He tests us to see how we’re going to react. Even disappointment and things going wrong don’t have to keep you down and discouraged, because your faith and attitude can determine the way the circumstances affect you. Often faith and trust in God can even change circumstances completely, as He works on your behalf. It’s all in how you look at it, how you take it.

Circumstances and events don’t have to control you. With God’s help and a positive attitude, you can go through any changes, any disappointments, any circumstances, and come out happy. It’s often life’s tests that bring out the best in you, if you let them.

The Lord has all the power and strength you need for any situation. All you have to do is look to Him, draw on His strength, and ask Him to change things. If, due to other people’s choices, He can’t change the circumstances, then He can help you to change how you feel about things. •

David Brandt Berg (1919–1994), founder of the Family International.