An easy comment for anyone to say. It's a lot easier said than done. Can I get an amen on that! It's very simple to say this but once you fall upon the struggles of opposition, that's where the broken bones and scars are created. The toughest pains come in once you fully committed come to Christ and open your heart to where He wants to move you. It's your flesh fighting your with your God-given soul. The devil knows that your flesh is tender and gives in easily because it is of this world. That's how you know that the devil is scared. He is scared of what we will become, when we are in alignment with our true destinies. We all need the strength of Job, one who through all that happened to him, family wiped away from him, all his livestock and servants taken, Job was even covered in nasty boils all over his skin and so other many things going against him. The thing about Job is that he feared God and was faithful to Him. Many men spoke harsh things to him accusing him to be a wicked man because of God's judgments. Even his wife spoke against him, telling him to curse the Father. Still, Job spoke nothing against Him.
A lot of times, we crumble when we feel the pressure. We feel the weight of our world getting heavier and heavier. God will put things and allow things to be put on us to see how far we are willing to go for His kingdom, but the great thing is that God is always there with encouragement and love, pushing you every step of the way. He will never give us so much that we cannot bear the pain and the burden. I'm writing this and was thinking of an awesome way to represent how this is and this is what I got:
We feel the weight of the world on our shoulders, so much that it feels like we cannot bare the load towards the goal. It hurts, it's painful, its scary, and it feels like we can't make it. Knowing exactly where the goal is but being blind to how to get there is frightening. Know that God is there and He is there to keep you going. In any instance that you feel the opposition, just STOP, and let the first thing that comes from your heart and mouth be a glorifying word. Let it be a moment of praise saying God, although I feel the weight and pain of the world, You still have victory over my heart. You still keep this warrior from crumbling. That's exactly what I say right now as I am typing. God although i can't picture my next step because I'm not totally sure how to, I can still imagine what beauty that will be at my goal. This is what keeps me driving,oh Lord. Everything that You have for me at every checkpoint is worth every scar torn to this body. Thank You God for keeping the warrior at work. Never do I want to become stagnant to growth in You.
'Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
---Isaiah 41:10
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