If you determine the outcome of a situation based upon
what you see in the physical, you can lose heart quickly and grow weary. The enemy
wants you to focus on what you see, not on God’s promises. When you have been
praying about a situation for a long time and what you see is what appears to
be the exact opposite of your prayers, your faith will be challenged. It is
easy to have great faith when your prayers are being answered, but when your
prayers seem to go unheard, there will be a test in your faith.
God gives promises and certain scriptures to believe for
in your difficult and challenging situations. When those situations increase in
difficulty and you have believed for years for change and nothing appears to be
happening, you must develop your Christian maturity. Christian maturity is believing
God’s Word and His faithfulness when everything around you says the opposite.
Reflect
and ponder: Are you walking in faith or have you
stared too long at your situations and believed what you see instead of what
God has promised?
Counselor’s
Corner: When the storms of life hit, they can seem
stronger than God’s Word. If you walk by what you see, you will rely upon
fleshly instincts and temporal pleasures to make decisions. Walking by faith in
contrast is being absolutely convinced and assured of what you hoped for and believe
according to the promises of God in the Scriptures is going to come to pass.
Hebrews 11:6 says, “Without faith it is impossible to please Him.”
Faith = trusting God completely. When you trust God in
all things, a deep and abiding peace can cover you. Trust can be defined as the
belief that someone or something is reliable, good, honest or effective. Do you
trust God with all your uncertainties in life? Unlike men, God never lies and
never fails to fulfill His promises.
Your faith is most tested when what you have been
praying for looks hopeless and lifeless. Faith can be defined as an
unquestioning belief in God, and complete trust and reliance upon God’s
promises. Your faith is likened to a muscle, the more you use your faith
muscle, the more it will be strengthened-No exercise of faith=a weak faith.
When your faith can be tested over and over again, your faith muscles will
become strong. You will never know if your faith is genuinely real until it has
been tested and tried. It is easier to believe God and His Word when all is
going good, but when it seems you have been living a life of losses like Job;
your faith will either be made strong or your faith will be weakened in those
times. Doubting God’s promises or His goodness can cause anxiety, worry, fear,
and discouragement. Stand on God’s Word by believing He will fulfill His
promises to you, even if it looks the opposite of what you are believing for or
you have been travailing over the same promises. What has God promised you
about your children, your health, your finances, your marriage? Set you mind to
believe God by faith about what He has promised you through His Word.
MEDIATE
ON THESE SCRIPTURES:
For
we walk by faith, not by sight.
2
Corinthians 5:7
Faith
is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not yet seen.
Hebrews
11:1
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