How God uses hard seasons to grow your faith
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Sometimes we praise God in the Sometimes we praise God in the break-through, but question him when break-through, but question him when break-through, but question him when we're wrestling with [music] bitterness we're wrestling with [music] bitterness we're wrestling with [music] bitterness or difficult seasons. or difficult seasons. or difficult seasons. And some of us are maybe in that season And some of us are maybe in that season And some of us are maybe in that season right now [music] where we love God, but right now [music] where we love God, but right now [music] where we love God, but life doesn't taste the way that we life doesn't taste the way that we life doesn't taste the way that we thought it would or it's not going the thought it would or it's not going the thought it would or it's not going the way that we really wanted it to go. way that we really wanted it to go. way that we really wanted it to go. You see what the Israelites did not You see what the Israelites did not You see what the Israelites did not realize was that the bitter place was realize was that the bitter place was realize was that the bitter place was not evidence that God had abandoned not evidence that God had abandoned not evidence that God had abandoned them. Actually, it was evidence that God them. Actually, it was evidence that God them. Actually, it was evidence that God was still leading them there. was still leading them there. was still leading them there. Sometimes God allows bitter seasons not Sometimes God allows bitter seasons not Sometimes God allows bitter seasons not to destroy you, but to do a work in you.
Summary
The sermon theme centers on praising God through difficult seasons of bitterness, not just in breakthroughs. It references the Israelites' experience, highlighting that struggles don't signify abandonment but God's ongoing guidance. The practical takeaway is that God permits hardships to transform us, not to destroy us.