Why do we go through problems? 2 - Because Jesus wishes to use us to save a brother that was ensnared by Ha-Satan.

[Leonardo Von]

Why do we go through problems? 2 - Because Jesus wishes to use us to save a brother that was ensnared by Ha-Satan.

•    “I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He has led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.” (Lamentations 3.1-2).

Perhaps someone that will be very important in your life was entangled in the noose of the sin and they don’t manage to run away from this:

•    “For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness. Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;” (Psalms 107.9,10).

Many brothers and sisters, because they don’t watch, end up going away the truth and caught in the trap of Ha-Satan:

•    “In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God possibly will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.” (2Timothy 2.25,26)

Hence the warning of Peter:

•    “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.” (1Peter 5.8,9).

You can’t succumb amidst the temptation. Don’t give in to the sin. Rather, take hold of the solace of Jesus for each day (Psalms 46.1) and be more than conquerors (Romans 8.37):

•    “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds by Christ.” (2Corinthians 1.3-5). 

Instead of whimpering, praise Jesus for the privilege that He is vouchsafing to you of being the guardian of the solace that can allay the suffer of this brother in Christ that is about to shipwreck in their faith (1Timothy 1.19).If this “fig tree” die or is destroyed, you can lost your utility in the hands of Jesus (Luke 13.6-9) or lost that who Jesus prepared to help you out in a crucial moment that will come in your life.

So, have good eyes to see the disguised blessing hidden amid the tribulation in which you are living (Matthew 6.22,23; Luke 11.33-36; Revelation 3.18), uplift in Christ, and have a incredible day being used to rescue people from themselves.