God Turned The Curse

Nehemiah 13:2 KJV

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  

One of those things that has been my experience over and again is that I and those I pray for don't always get the "blessings" for which we pray. Often we find ourselves suffering under curses rather than those blessings for which we hoped.

• Hardships happen
• Difficulties arise
• Heart breaks are often the norm rather than the exception

God does answer prayers and we have reasons to rejoice again and again, but a fair percentage of the time, we find ourselves weeping, and weeping with those who weep. It is the nature of the battle we face in this world. Those troops in enemy territory have few opportunities for "r and r" while behind enemy lines.

However, no matter how hard it seems like things get for us, we have this assurance; our God turns curses into blessings. We can't always see the blessings while we are in the middle of the curse. It can be difficult and challenging. But God is in the works and God is working the world's curses into our blessings.

I find great joy in that.