Recently I received a few mails around the subject of faith and trust in God…I’d like to share them as well as some of my thoughts from the scripture.
What do you do when your faith fails you? When you feel like you have put all your hope in God, but yet he doesn’t come through for you and you feel like has forsaken you? What do you do?
You don’t want to attempt a life without God because the thought alone is repulsive but at the same time you don’t want to trust so much again, with hopes and dreams and goals...what do you do?”
“It then scares me because I have a dream and a vision I want to fulfill in my and I get scared because on my own I can’t achieve it...In a moment where I feel like God has left me, I start to wonder if he will leave me again, and in doing so at times I’m reluctant to go for the impossible....if you get what I mean?
I’m also quite skeptical on the 'hearing from God front' coz there are times where I think I am, but situations tell me otherwise...How does one hear from God?”
It is at this point that you must fight to remain in the spirit, because if you don't you become double minded on a matter. This means believing God when the situations are right, and doubting when the situation is contrary. The enemy wants you in this state because you are not spiritually productive in this instance.
Look at James 1:6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
To avoid getting into a double minded state, you must focus on His word, His promise on your life, despite the contrary situations. Walking with faith filled people is vital as they will fan into flame God's word in you. Walking with doubters will fuel a double minded state, which leads to no results.
I trust that this improves your perspective in this season. He will make a way where there seems to be no way!
Remain in His Grip!
powerful word right there tus, we have to remain in grip. kinda reminds me of Daniels friends when they said in Daniel 3vs 18, even if God does not come through for us we will not worship the golden image! an amazing story of how at times it comes down to the fact that we simply adore Jesus nothing more and nothing less whether what we desire takes place or not our love for Jesus remains.... :)
ReplyDeleteThe strugle to remain in faith even when everything around us says it's pointless - one i know all too well - I am no authority on these things all i can tell you is i have faced this very challenge & i don't know a lot of things - but i know that He is working for me even when i can't see what he is doing - I don't profess to be super spiritual or a warrior in faith or prayer - or that i never doubt or get scared or wonder... but all i know is i only have the belief that God has not left me and that this season is finite and will come to an end - that's where i put my faith ... in a God who is mindful of me and my small life - He has to come through at one point .. till then i fight to stay sane & as still as i can - knowing that He is God.. and I'm not.. lol - but thanks for this word.. word in season ... even tho u wrote it 5 months ago.. why hugs have you stopped writing?
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