A crisis is an immediate problem with very high stakes that draws our total attention. It may be a terrible accident, the death of a loved one, a son in jail, a church scandal, a daughter who has run away.
Some crises turn out well.
The loved one recovers from the accident, the son comes to Christ, the daughter comes home. We may clearly see God s hand in allowing the whole ordeal to happen. Other times the crisis ends in apparent tragedy. I stress the word apparent . Joseph s brother sold him into slavery, and he became a prisoner in Egypt.