THE CHALLENGE OF FAITH

Everyone faces challenges and battles that try to stop them from attaining their desired goals in life. Some of these battles are internal, while several others are external.

My intention here is not to distinguish between these battles and identify which one is stronger or otherwise, rather it is to establish that they exist and look at ways to respond to them when they come staring or roaring at us in the face.

Jesus, our Saviour (provided you are saved) faced several battles while He walked the face of the earth as a mortal man (though He Himself was/is immortality personified), but did not forget who He was.

And this is instructive. Many of us forget who we are when we are faced with situations of life that are subject to change. We forget that “He that is from above is above all.” We forget that “Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world.” We forget that “the things (challenges) which we see are temporal, but the things (solution) which are not seen are eternal.” We forget the promises of God and His faithfulness to “Never leave nor forsake us.” I mean, we forget that “there is no temptation (challenge) that has overtaken you except such as is common to man and the Lord will with the temptation make a way of escape.”

But look at what the Bible says of Jesus in Hebrews 12:2b, “Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Now, this is where the real challenge of your faith comes in. In the “a” part of Hebrews 12:2, it says, “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”

What this implies therefore is that you should take Jesus as your role model and focus your attention on the glory and gain ahead rather than the gloom and pain you may be faced with by paying the price of going through whatever challenge may try to oppose you knowing that at the end of the tunnel your light will shine just as He is sat down today in glory at the right hand of God.

In the final analysis, don’t let the challenge that you see today deny you the chance to see the change that is ahead, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”

Written by:

Abiodun Mabadeje

Author/Speaker/Life Coach/Minister/MC/Publisher

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