1 Peter 6-7 is especially meaningful to me at this point in my life!
6 [You should] be exceedingly glad on this account, though now for a little while you may be distressed by trials and suffer temptations, 7 So that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is revealed.
Having been born again and filled with His Spirit 35 years ago, I have faced many different tests, trials, temptations, hindrances, attacks, persecutions, delays and sorrows, but out of ALL of them HE has delivered me as I stood steadfast, many times with the agreement and encouragement of my personal prayer partners. All of these experiences have given me points of contact and remembrances to look back on and encourage myself with as I face the new and current attempts of the enemy to hurt, harm, distract, delay, harass, discourage and stop me! All the while my faith, which is infinitely more precious that all the gold in the world, has stood the test and grown stronger with each and every exercise of it! There is NOTHING that is impossible to you if you will dare to believe the promises of the Covenant as revealed in the Word and refuse to quit! God is pleased with your faith and He is waiting eagerly to confirm His Word in your life! For your joy and His glory! HALLELUJAH!
I am not sharing this to discourage you, but rather to show you that the ONLY way you will not come out as more than a conqueror is if you quit! DON'T DO IT! All the enemy REALLY has is one weapon, the lie. He has many different ways, schemes, strategies and tactics to TRY to get you to believe his lies, but YOU have the Word of God which is TRUTH (John 17:17)! NEVER let go of the Word! AMEN! Look at verses 23-25 in 1 Peter 1:
23 You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God. 24 For all flesh (mankind) is like grass, and all its glory (honor) like [the] flower of grass. The grass withers and the flower drops off, 25 But the Word of the Lord (divine instruction, the Gospel) endures forever. And this Word is the good news which was preached to you.
Thank You, Jesus, for Your Word! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Worship with a new song called "In God We Trust":
Shalom in Him!
