Today's guest writer Jake Larson shares with us about,
Keeping Faith When Life Doesn't Make Sense
"If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all." [ISAIAH 7:9]
If the prophet Isaiah was to speak these words today in our churches we would all nod our heads in agreement. We would probably tweet this quote to all our friends and followers and chalk it away as another great nugget for life. Undoubtedly, someone would vocalize their approval with a loud grunt as they wrote it down while another would shout out AMEN!
If the prophet Isaiah was to speak these words today in our churches we would all nod our heads in agreement. We would probably tweet this quote to all our friends and followers and chalk it away as another great nugget for life. Undoubtedly, someone would vocalize their approval with a loud grunt as they wrote it down while another would shout out AMEN!
It is extremely important to be a learner and strategically find places where people can challenge and teach you. This is step one and becomes the warm up for step two. Once you have heard a truth worth tweeting, grunting, and shouting amen about then you MUST bring it to real life. How does that truth impact the way I am going to live today?
When Isaiah wrote these words he was writing in the midst of battle. There was a converging of military empires attempting to conquer Jerusalem. This threat was creating great anxiety on Jerusalem even though God assured Jerusalem of their preservation. In other words, these people have great worldly power, but God decides the outcome of his people. And even though by all signs it seems destruction is certain God guarantees success.
This battle between what God says and what we feel and experience is very real. Today you may be struggling with finances, sickness, disease, children, marriage, or relationships of all kinds. You know that God has not abandoned you and that he will see you through every situation - but your circumstances don't seem to support your belief. This is where the words of Isaiah ring out the loudest.
"If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all." [ISAIAH 7:9]
If you are unclear about your future and are struggling to believe that Jesus will see you through, don't lose faith. As Paul says to Timothy, "Fight the good fight of faith" that at the end of your life you can declare, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." (1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7).
If you lose faith you will defeat yourself. If you give up, throw in the towel, adopt sinful behaviors - it is not God who has been unfaithful, you have chosen defeat.
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