> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://amemamem.com.br/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # What is good in this? - URL: https://amemamem.com.br/en/what-is-good-in-this/ - Published: 2026-07-11T16:24:21.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-09T01:05:17.000Z - Description: Lord, what do You want to show me here? - Author: Airton Humber - Tags: #en, #de-o-que-tem-de-bom-nisso That I still cannot see? There is a question I began asking myself that has transformed the way I meditate on the Bible, the way I listen to people and even the way I face the difficulties of everyday life: What is good in this… that I still cannot see? I notice that my natural reaction is usually something else. When someone thinks differently from me, when I receive criticism or when I face a difficult situation, my first inclination is to look for the mistake. Where is the problem? Who is wrong? What do I need to answer? But, little by little, the Spirit has been teaching me another way. Instead of looking first for the bad, I begin to ask: > “Lord, what do You want to show me here?” This small change completely alters my posture. The Spirit opens my eyes to the good that I still cannot see. ## Looking for the minimum of truth I remember a sentence I heard from a psychotherapist more than twenty-five years ago. She said that whenever someone criticized her, she tried to find the minimum of truth in that criticism. If she found something, she would have gained something. If she found nothing, she would continue exactly where she was. At the time, I found that interesting. Today I see that this attitude comes very close to Paul's guidance: > “Put everything to the test and hold on to what is good.” > > 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Paul does not say to accept everything. Nor does he say to reject everything. He teaches us to examine and to hold on to the good. This requires humility. It requires admitting that I can learn even from a poorly worded criticism, from someone different from me or from a situation I would rather not face. ## Not hindering the work of the Spirit This may be one of the greatest struggles of my life. Even today I recognize in myself an inclination to do my own will. Even knowing that some things are not good, I often keep going back to them. And, to be honest, some of them still please me. But today I know that I do not have, by myself, the strength to win this struggle. That is why a sentence of Paul's has taken on a much deeper meaning for me: “Do not hinder the work of the Holy Spirit.” 1 Thessalonians 5:19 I also understand better when Paul writes that the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh, so that I do not simply do what I want. My hope cannot be sustained by my willpower. My hope must always be in the work of the Lord. And the Lord is the Spirit. My hope cannot be sustained by my willpower. It must always be in the work of the Lord. He is the one who opens my eyes. He is the one who transforms my heart. He is the one who, little by little, forms Christ in me. ## Seeking the Lord Perhaps seeking the Lord is much more than asking for answers. Seeking the Lord is allowing Him to transform the way I look at people, at the Word and at life itself. It is to stop listening only in order to fight. It is to stop looking only for the mistake that confirms what I already think. It is to remain open to the good that the Lord can still show me. Then the question stops being: “Where is the mistake?” And becomes: “Lord, what is good in this… that I still cannot see?” I have discovered that, when I ask this question sincerely, I almost always find something that was hidden before. Sometimes I find a truth that I need to receive. Sometimes I find an attitude that I need to review. Sometimes I find only the opportunity to be silent and keep learning. And, when this happens, I realize that it was not I who began to see better by my own strength. It was the Spirit who opened my eyes a little more. Perhaps this is how Christ is being formed in me. One discovery at a time. One correction at a time. One step at a time. Until I learn, like a child who rejoices in the presence of his father, to seek the Lord first and let Him be the one who leads my heart. Christ in you, the hope of glory. Perhaps everything begins with a question. What is good in this… …that I still cannot see?