Don’t Give Up
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation… (Habakkuk 3:17-19).
I’m often amazed at how some Christians easily give up and succumb to life’s challenges. You’ve got to understand that if you’re a child of God, you aren’t a victim! In the scripture above the prophet described a dire situation, yet chose to rejoice in the Lord all the same: “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places….” In other words, although there was a problem, the prophet wasn’t moved by what he saw, felt, or perceived. He began to testify of the Lord’s goodness.
This should be your attitude as well. The story isn’t complete until you’ve won! Things may not be going the way you expect at the moment, but don’t despair. Reiterate your trust in God and testify openly of His love for you. Give Him praise for making all things well. Tell yourself, “I’m not giving up but I will speak of His wondrous works” and begin to rejoice in the Lord God of your salvation.
Remember Paul and Silas? Things couldn’t have looked more hopeless for them as they huddled in chains in the dark dungeon of that maximum-security Roman prison. But instead of cringing in fear and hopelessness, they decided to praise God, and you know the rest of the story (Acts 16:23-36).
It’s time for you to testify and praise God like you’ve never done before. You may not feel like it, but do it anyway, because that’s where the victory lies! It’s not over yet. Put your trust in God. Start telling everyone how good and gracious your God is. Worship Him in spirit and in truth and He’ll inhabit your praise and bring His power to bear on your situation. Remember this: it’s not over until you’ve won! Hallelujah!
KEEP ASKING :
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.” – Matthew 7:7, NLT
Sometimes, people get discouraged in life because things didn’t turn out the way they hoped on the first try. Maybe they put energy into a relationship but it didn’t work out. They tried that new business venture, but they are still struggling with their finances. Now they think it’s never going to happen. But, one thing we have to learn is that God honors perseverance. On the way to your “yes” you may encounter some “no’s.” You may encounter some closed doors, but that doesn’t mean it’s the final answer. It just means “keep going.”
Remember, if God promised it, He’s going to bring it to pass. Scripture tells us that through faith and patience we inherit God’s promises. This is where patience comes in; this is where perseverance comes in. This is where trust comes in. Just because you don’t see things happen right away doesn’t mean you should quit. No, instead, rise up and press forward. Keep believing, keep hoping, keep enduring and keep asking because our God is always faithful to His word!
VICTORY IS ALWAYS ON THE WAY :
“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ…” – 2 Corinthians 2:14, NKJV
Isn’t it wonderful to know that God promises to always lead us into victory? That means no matter what is going on in your life today, no matter what’s happening in the world around you, no matter what anybody says, you should always be thanking God because victory is always on the way!
You don’t have to wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to celebrate what God is going to do in your life. Praise is putting action behind your faith. In the middle of adversity or a tough time, start making a list of who you’re going to invite to your victory celebration. That means if you’re in the hospital, start planning what you’re going to do when you get out. If you lost some money when the stock market went down, start planning your coming-out-of-debt party. When things don’t look good in the natural, remember, we serve a supernatural God. With God leading you into victory, you can always plan for increase. You can plan for restoration. You can plan for a comeback, and you can plan for victory because He is leading and guiding you in Jesus’ name
PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
James 5:16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
Christians should pray about all things and for one another that they might be healed. Often times people are referred to psychologist by their family doctor. People trust them and think they need what the doctor orders. Only to find it is not a cure and most often it actually makes the situation much worse. For they force the person to dwell on the past instead of the present, to dwell on the wounds instead of healing, to feel like a hopeless and helpless victim, instead of knowing I am more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus. Then along the way they give them mind and mood altering meds and they become numb! Our generation has been programmed to trust doctors. But, as Christians, God is our divine great physician…..not any man. God heals us from deep inside our spirit….out. Doctors can numb people to look better on the outside….yet, they are dead on the inside.
FULL OF FAITH AND POWER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
Acts 6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch,
ACTS 6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
The only hope that any man has anywhere in the world is faith in Jesus Christ. In light of what’s happening around us today, the truth of the statement is more painfully obvious than ever before. We are a generation with diseases no man can heal, with problems no man can solve. What fleeting successes we have are quickly overshadowed by new and greater crises. All too often, that’s as true for believers as it is for unbelievers. It shouldn’t be. But it is. Believers are being killed by the same diseases that are devastating the rest of the world. They’re being plagued by the same problems. And many are walking around without hope–just like the rest of the world. Why? Because the only hope that any man has is faith in Jesus Christ. And the majority of Christians don’t know how to live by faith.
Instead of being filled with the Word, faith, power and the Holy Spirit, they’ve been stuffed full of religious tradition and superstition. And they’re suffering. When the devil hits them with sickness and disease, with poverty or depression or divorce, they often stand by helplessly as it destroys them. They simply don’t know what else to do. The Bible says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” (Hos. 4:6). But you know. Your hope is in Jesus. Trust Him. And tell the world–their hope is in Him too. Scripture Study: Mark 4:35-41
It’s interesting that most denominations that believe in once saved always saved don’t believe in the gifts of the Spirit. And most of those who believe in the gifts of the Spirit are all mixed up by believing that only certain gifts operate in each Christian or that the gifts make them somewhat special. Because they are given to all who believe, gifts are not proof that someone is more ‘spiritual’ than others, or that someone is ‘saved’.
Salvation is the greatest gift that we can have as long as we walk in the Spirit and don’t grieve the Spirit which many do by their lack of the fruits of the Spirit. Jesus told us that we will be known by our fruits including faith, love, integrity, giving, sharing and compassion! God’s word is true:
Acts 3: 1 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms.4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” 5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them — walking, leaping, and praising God.9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.
Fellowship among the spiritually-gifted people exists because of their common possession of their great gifts, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Christ himself is the one who really ‘has’ the spiritual gifts….. As head of the body, he is the source and bearer of all spiritual gifts. They function at his behest. And if we are open and will He can function all the spiritual gifts through us especially the gift of miracles because God is more anxious to bestow his blessings on us than we are to receive them. His word is unchanging:
MT 7:11 “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
ROM 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
JMS 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
Ephesians 4:11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head-Christ-16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
2COR 12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds.
“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.” (1 Corinthians 12:7-11)
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