“We may see a bolder, brighter tomorrow, but when we look at where we are today, our strength fades.”

A thought by Les Parrott, (2012-08-02) from his book, You're Stronger Than You Think: The Power to Do What You Feel You Can't. Tyndale House Publishers. Kindle Edition.

I am having a sciatic nerve problem today and am finding that back pain can affect my view of my future but it doesn’t have to.

What situation are you in today that is affecting your view of tomorrow? Maybe it is financial, or relational or occupational or so many other circumstances that are in our present. Now a focus on how Jesus faced His present shows that negative present circumstances don’t need to affect our view of the future.

Take for instance His present negative situation of having 5,000 hungry people out in the middle of nowhere and needing to feed them. He saw how the present negative situation could be used to stretch His disciple’s faith. You see He already knew what He was going to do. He had a plan and He used the present negative situation to fulfill it. And that is true with whatever you and I are going through.

My back pain was used to encourage you in your present negative situation. God took it to show you that it doesn’t need to stop a person but to be an example of how He wants to stretch our faith. It has mine.

By the way, Andrew, one of His disciples, found a little boy with five barley loaves and two fish and Jesus took them and gave the people all they wanted to eat even with twelve full baskets left over. He had a plan and He has a plan for your present negative situation to make a difference. Go to Him and listen to Him and trust Him. Stop right now and turn to Him. Let Him use it to stretch your faith.

So what is happening in your life?

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