# 1 Chronicles 05 #soap ## Title: Faithfulness to God Keeps You Safer Than You Would Be ## Scripture: (1 Chronicles 5:25-26) “But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and worshiped instead the gods of the native peoples whom God had destroyed before them. So the God of Israel stirred up King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria), and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.” (NET) ## Observation: There are several times when God will use circumstances to teach and train us. That’s the way of life. Sometimes those lessons become necessary because of our disobedience. I hope that our lessons from God are always because we are doing SO WELL at honoring Him and others. I pray His lessons are to teach us how to do that more. However, if you are human like me, sometimes those lessons are because we need to learn how to be faithful and honor the Lord. When those seasons come, we have to be careful not to blame God. Instead, we use every season as a chance to grow. ## Application: Take advantage of every season we are in. Learn, grow, become. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for using everything to grow us.