Isn't about you

 By Mark Evan Affleck

What if you've been asking God the wrong

question all along?

I had a thought this morning that startled me - 

and it may startle you too: What if this isn't about

me or you? Consider this...

You've been in a long, hard fight - a trek toward

something you can't yet see. You've prayed.

Waited. Wondered if you're losing ground instead 

of gaining it.

But what if this whole season - the struggle, the

waiting, the unanswered questions - isn't just

shaping you? What if it's doing something bigger?

What if your endurance right now is teaching

someone else how to hold on?

What if your faith - unbroken - is giving courage

to someone else who didn't even know they needed it?

What if your quiet persistence is unlocking

another person's healing?

What if your silence is shouting truth someone

else desperately needs to hear?

Maybe God isn't just pruning you for your own life.

Maybe He's using this exact season to build

strength in others. Maybe you're making a deposit

into eternity you'll never fully see in this lifetime.

Maybe you're playing a crucial role in a divine

story far beyond your own.

What if this isn't only about fixing you....but

bringing others to life through you?

TODAY'S HOPE:

"What has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel." Philippians 1:12

(Full verse: Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.)