Many people are facing challenges and issues in this day and age. Life is not always easy and often the battle can be more than we ever thought possible. Perhaps you are in just such a position, or perhaps you know someone going through something challenging right now. Do you know how to cope with the challenge you are facing? Do you know how to advise others and encourage them in the process? The truth is we all face things in the course of life. We must always remember that we live in two realms: the material world and the spiritual world; the visible realm and the invisible realm. And God wants to bring us to a place of overwhelming victory, and He wants us to be more than conquerors.
SCRIPTURE READING
Romans 8:35-37 ‘Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: ”For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him Who loved us.’
(NLB) No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, Who loved us.
1. OUR FAITH WALK CAN BE COMPARED TO (Part 1)…
– Our faith walk is not a mere stroll in the park, nor is it a bed of roses.
– The Bible compares it to:
1. A Race –
Hebrews 12:1 ‘And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.’ In the Amplified Bible it says: ‘and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us!’
The term RACE speaks of an athletic contest, but the Greek original is wider than this and it speaks of a ‘struggle in the soul’. The original Greek word is ‘agon’ and we get the English word agony from this word. We are given some keys in handling the race! We must run with PATIENT ENDURANCE. We must run with STEADY AND ACTIVE PERSISTENCE. We must run THE APPOINTED COURSE SET BEFORE US. We can’t and should not try to run someone else’s race.
2. A Building That Is Under Construction –
1 Corinthians 3:10 ‘By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.’
None of us is there yet. We are building, and our lives can be compared to a building that is still under construction. We all would prefer the finished product. But GOD is not finished with us yet. I remember reading a quote some years ago and it said: ‘Be patient with me, God is not finished with me yet!’ Your life is a building that is still under construction.
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