WHY ME?

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Text : 1 Corinth. 10:13  

 *There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it* .

Sometimes you are tempted to join the wagon of people who often ask "Why Me Lord?"question. This is a rhetoric question we often do not receive an answer to either in the now or future. Joseph should have asked same question when his brothers sold him to the midianites(Gen

 37:27-28). He would have had cause to question God: "Why me?" while Potiphar's wife lied on him and was thrown into the prison.

His question would have been answered after he was taken out of the prison and enthroned as the second in command to King Pharaoh in Egypt.

He went through all those rigorous, tough and rough experiences just to prepare him as a leader.

King David also had his own share of difficult times, while running from one city to another. His very arch enemy was the same King he helped to overcome the Nation's strongest enemy (Goliath).

The list is endless. Sarah, Rebekah, Manoah's wife, Hannah, Elizabeth-all were barren at some points in time until God came to their rescue.They all overcane the *Why Me Lord question* and came out with testimonies.

Almost all the people that had one victory or the other in the Bible are people that should have been cast down by *Why Me Lord Syndrome* . They turned the syndrome into *What Is In It For Me Lord!* 

Maybe you are going through a challenging moment, hard times, temptations or assaults, as you read this devotional: you can simply receive the grace to turn to the Lord by simply asking " *What Is In It For Me Lord?"* 

Any of the following could be the reason(s) for your "Why Me Lord situations":

1. *Revelation of the stuff you are made of* Spiritual strenght is measured in difficult times.Prov.24:10.  

See the case of Paul and Silas in the prison in Acts 16:25. They saw "What Was In It For them" in the midst of "Why Me Lord Situations"

2. *Encouragement for others.* There are counsels that cannot be provided by any other except the person that has been through it. Hebrew 4:15.

3. *To give Glory to God: John 9:3* Don't truncate the process that leads to God's Glory. 

 *4. To chastise and Prune you because He loves you. Hebrew 12:7-9* 

5. *To lift and promote you* Gen 45:5-7,Romans 8:32. Every examination is meant for promotion. 

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. Father, help me to stay faithful at my duty post. awake and watchful in this perversed and adulterous generation.

Bible reading: Mark 13:27-37.

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