26/08/2026
YOUR STORY FOR HIS GLORY
“This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God…” John 11:4
When Lazarus became sick, Mary and Martha expected Jesus to come quickly. Instead, He delayed. By the time He arrived, Lazarus had died and hope seemed lost.
Yet Jesus declared that the situation would ultimately reveal the glory of God.
Some chapters of our lives make little sense while we are living through them. We pray, wait and wonder why God has allowed certain things to happen.
But the story of Lazarus reminds us that God can reveal His glory even through circumstances we would never have chosen.
The tomb became the setting for a revelation of Christ’s power.
Your difficult season can also become part of your testimony. The disappointment you survived, the door that closed, the loss that forced you to depend upon God, or the season when you thought nothing could change may eventually reveal something of His faithfulness.
This does not mean every pain is easy to explain. Some questions remain difficult. But we can trust that suffering does not place us beyond God’s reach.
Do not allow your hardest chapter to convince you that your story has ended.
Jesus stood before a tomb and called life out of death.
The same God is still able to bring purpose from pain, strength from weakness and testimony from trial.
Let Him use every chapter, not only the pleasant ones, to reveal His glory through your life.
Questions
Is there a difficult chapter of your life that you struggle to understand?
How has God already shown His faithfulness through previous trials?
What would it mean to surrender your whole story to Him?
Prayer
Lord, use every part of my story for Your glory. Turn my trials into testimonies and let my life continually reveal Your faithfulness, goodness and power. Amen
©️ Adeyemi Agbelusi