2025-08-26
Romans 8:37 NKJV
Have you heard of the principle of supercompensation? A pastor explains: “When an athlete is pushed beyond the threshold of pain and exhaustion, the body overcompensates. The more a muscle is broken down, the more it builds back up… The two hundred and six bones in the body are constantly going through a process called remodelling. They are being broken down by osteoclasts and built back up by osteoblasts. The process of remodelling is intensified when a bone is broken. Extra osteoblasts help rebuild the bone. There is a period of weakness where the bone is more vulnerable to re-injury. That is why we wear casts. But eventually the bone ends up stronger than it was to begin with because the body overcompensates. Very rarely does a bone break in the same place twice because the bone is thicker and stronger than it was before the break.
Almost like a broken bone that needs to be reset, God breaks us where we need to be broken. He fractures the pride and lust and anger in our lives, but He does it to remodel us into His image. and once we heal, we end up stronger than we were to begin with. [Paul writes,] ‘It has been granted to you on behalf of Christ… to suffer for him’ [Philippians 1:29 NIV]. The word ‘granted’ comes from [a] Greek root… which literally means ‘to grant a favour’… We tend to see suffering as a necessary evil at best, but Paul calls it a divine favour.”
So, maybe God is remodelling you. Perhaps the problem you thought you would never overcome will become your most effective ministry to others.
Soul food: Eze 10-13; Matt 21:18-32; Ps 84; Pro 19:11
Romeine 8:37 NLV
Het jy al van die beginsel van superkompensasie gehoor? ‘n Pastoor verduidelik dit as volg: ‘Wanneer ‘n atleet verby die drumpel van pyn en uitputting gedruk word, oorkompenseer die liggaam. Hoe meer ‘n spier afgebreek word, hoe meer bou dit weer op. Die tweehonderd-en-ses bene in die liggaam gaan voortdurend deur ‘n proses wat hermodellering genoem word. Hulle word deur osteoklaste afgebreek en deur osteoblaste opgebou. Die proses van hermodellering word intensiewer wanneer ‘n been breek. Ekstra osteoblaste help om die been te herbou. Daar is ‘n tydperk van swakheid waar die been meer kwesbaar vir ‘n herbesering is. Daarom dra ons gips. Die been is egter sterker as wat dit was om mee te begin, omdat die liggaam oorkompenseer. Baie selde breek ‘n been twee keer op dieselfde plek, omdat die been dikker en sterker is as wat dit voor die breuk was.
Amper soos ‘n gebreekte been wat herstel moet word, breek God ons waar ons gebreek moet word. God verbreek die trots en wellus en woede in ons lewens, maar Hy doen dit om ons na sy beeld te hervorm. Sodra ons genees, is ons sterker as wat ons was. Paulus skryf: ‘Aan julle is immers die voorreg gegee om Christus te dien, nie alleen deur in Hom te glo nie, maar ook deur vir Hom te ly’ (Filippense 1:29 NLV). Ons is geneig om lyding as ‘n noodsaaklike euwel te sien, maar Paulus noem dit ‘n goddelike voorreg.’
Miskien is God besig om jou te hervorm. Miskien sal die probleem wat jy gedink het jy nooit sal oorkom nie, jou effektiefste bediening word.
Sielskos: Eseg 10-13; Matt 21:18-32; Ps 84; Spr 19:11
2025-08-25
1 Johannes 5:4 NLV
‘n Pastoor moedig ons aan: ‘Die psigoanalis, Alfred Adler, het ‘n fassinerende navorsingsprojek oor die teorie van kompensasie van stapel gestuur. Hy het kunsstudente bestudeer en ontdek dat sewentig persent van hulle aan optiese afwykings ly. Hy het degeneratiewe afwykings in die ore van groot komponiste soos Mozart en Beethoven gevind. Hy het talle voorbeelde van mense wat op die gebied van hul grootste swakheid uiteindelik suksesvol geword het, aangehaal. Adler het geglo dat geboortedefekte, armoede, siekte en negatiewe omstandighede dikwels die springplank tot sukses is.
God wil jou teëspoed gebruik en dit in ‘n bediening verander. Mense gaan deur ‘n pynlike egskeiding, of die dood van ‘n kind, of ‘n vernietigende verslawing, maar God help hulle om uit die put te klim sodat hulle ander in soortgelyke omstandighede kan help. Een van die verlammendste foute wat ons maak, is om te dink dat ons probleme ons op een of ander manier diskwalifiseer om deur God gebruik te word. Niemand rol die rooi tapyt uit en nooi tragedie in hul lewens in nie, maar ons grootste gawes en passies is dikwels die neweproduk van ons ergste tragedies en mislukkings. Beproewings het ‘n manier om ons te help om ons doel in die lewe te herontdek.’
Die probleme waardeur jy met God se hulp geworstel het, word ‘n platform waarop jy kan staan en ander mense kan bedien. ‘God, die Vader van ons Here Jesus Christus, word geprys! Hy is die Vader van meelewing en die God wat in elke opsig bemoedig. In al ons swaarkry bemoedig Hy ons. Hy doen dit sodat ons ook in staat sal wees om mense in al hulle swaarkry by te staan met dieselfde bemoediging waarmee God ons versterk het’ (2 Korintiërs 1:3-4 NLV).
Sielskos: Eseg 5-9; Matt 21:12-17; Ps 119:169-176; Spr 19:9-10
1 John 5:4 NKJV
A pastor encourages us: “Psychoanalyst Alfred Adler conducted a fascinating research project that popularized the theory of compensation. He studied art students and discovered that seventy percent of them suffered from optical anomalies. He found degenerative traces in the ears of great composers like Mozart and Beethoven. And he cited numerous examples of other people who eventually became successful in the area of their greatest weakness. Adler believed that birth defects, poverty, illness, and negative circumstances often prove to be the springboard for success…
God wants to recycle your adversity and turn it into a ministry. People go through a painful divorce or the death of a child or a destructive addiction, but God helps them climb out of the pit so they can help others in similar circumstances. One of the most paralyzing mistakes we make is thinking that our problems somehow disqualify us from being used by God… No one rolls out the red carpet and invites tragedy into their life, but our greatest gifts and passions are often the byproduct of our worst tragedies and failures. Trials have a way of helping us rediscover our purpose in life.”
The problems God has brought you through become a platform upon which you can stand and minister to others. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4 NIV).
Soul food: Eze 5-9; Matt 21:12-17; Ps 119:169-176; Pro 19:9-10
2025-08-24
Revelation 21:7 NKJV
A pastor writes: “All of us want every day to be a good day. But if every day was a good day, there would be no ‘good’ days, because there wouldn’t be any bad days to compare the good days to… Sickness helps us appreciate health. Failure helps us appreciate success. Debt helps us appreciate wealth. And the tough times help us appreciate the good times… Adversity is often the seedbed of opportunity [because it has] a way of bringing the best out of us… Adversity is often a blessing in disguise.
We dream of zero gravity. We imagine what life would be like without any problems or issues or challenges. But from a biological perspective, zero gravity is hazardous to your health. Astronauts who spend any length of time in zero gravity experience serious medical complications. Without any resistance, they lose muscle mass and bone density, they experience high pulse rates and heart palpitations, and they can barely walk after re-entering the earth’s atmosphere.
We may dream of zero gravity, but what we really need is a healthy dose of adversity. The people God uses the most are often the people who have experienced the most adversity. This isn’t necessarily… what you want to read, but it’s true. Adversity can produce an increased capacity to serve God.”
Why? Because adversity causes us to turn to God, lean on God, seek God, and get to know God in a way we otherwise wouldn’t. Some of God’s greatest promises in Scripture begin with the words “to him who overcomes.” The Bible says, “People who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits” (Daniel 11:32 NKJV).
Soul food: 2 Ki 4:42-44; John 6:1-15; Mark 8:1-9
