Witness for Christ Blog

Ever wondered why God is not coming good in the midst of your circumstances? Faith which hasn't been tested is no faith at all. Cold comfort for those who are battling it out.

So what would be the right attitude? Compare for instance the reaction of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist with the reaction of Mary the mother of Jesus when they both had an angelic visitation.

Zechariah doubted the word of the Lord and had to be made mute until the birth of the child so he would not speak unbelief into the prophet's destiny.

On the other hand Mary was quite accepting of her role in the virgin birth of our Saviour. When Joseph thought of divorcing her quietly because of her pregnancy, the Lord gave him a dream to reassure him.

Sometimes you would like to have a good story to tell - a testimony that would point people to the faithfulness of God in your life. Instead all you have left is your faith and the taunts of unbelievers who murmur "you believe in God - let God pull you out of your hole, I am not going to lift a little finger to help you out..." If you are not careful the enemy will also whisper in you ear the same teasing hoping you would roll over and give up.

The best way to keep your sanity is to develop the ability to praise God in the face of adversity. For a start is gets all demons to flee - they cannot stand it! Now while it is just between you and God it is OK to pour out your heart and say to Him: "It is not fair!"

But the currency in the kingdom of God is not fairness - it is faith. The ability to see beyond your emotional horizon. The ability to speak forth - to prophecy your future. Speaking of things that don't exist in this world is labelled as hypocrisy. In the kingdom of God it is called wisdom!

Instead of mulling over your impossibility you'd better spend your time asking God what He would like you to gain from the experience. The flip side of this is that if you don't learn anything this time around you may have to pass that test again and again... until you are refined in the furnace of life as pure gold. OK let's have a head count. Who still wants to be a Christian now? Salvation is free but following Christ will cost you everything you are.

Do you think God owes you a little explanation? God is sovereign and is not accountable to us. Instead we are accountable to Him. So what do you do in the meantime? If God has given you a vision or a dream and it seems further out of reach as ever what do you do? You may end up in jail betrayed by your brothers and Potiphar's wife like it happened to Joseph (son of Jacob in the Old Testament). But even in jail his management skills couldn't be hidden and in due course he was pulled out to save not only Egypt but Israel also.

All well and good - so what do you do in the meantime? What can you do to get from where you are to where you ought to be? A glib answer: spend time with God. You obviously need Godly wisdom to solve you conundrum. God may send your way some kinsman redeemer to sort you out but the enemy could also send you a time waster to get you off course. Have you considered your secret weapon - prayer and fasting? More on this in a following article.

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