...in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.You will receive a harvest. You will see the end result if you don't quit and if you don't throw in the towel saying, "I've tried this long enough."
(Gal. 6:9)
Look at it this way. What have you got to go back to? People who are delivered from drugs and alcohol say, "Boy, I've really been going through a storm. My body wants a fix so bad. I need a drink. The struggle of getting out of drugs and alcohol is so terrible." What's worse is going back and becoming a slave to that stuff again and getting back into those chains.
You'll have to go through your storms. Jesus had to get through His storm, because there was a demon-possessed man on the other side. In most cases, the storm comes to stop you from reaching the goals God has for you. It comes to get you to give up. It comes to get you to take an easier pathway that's not as difficult so you'll miss the plan of God.
The devil is a cunning, clever schemer. He realizes God is moving on the earth through the Holy spirit, imparting divine direction to His servants on the earth and telling them what to do. Therefore, if he can distract God's servants from doing His will, he will abort and stop God's plan in the earth.
That's exactly what happened to Adam and Eve in the garden. God intended to rule the earth through Adam and Eve. Satan came to get them off track and turn them away. His strategy hasn't changed. He's coming against you for the same purpose.
Now, the storms will come, but just because you have problems doensn't mean you're not in the will of God. I've rejoiced in that thought many times in my life. "Oh, God, I thank You that I'm in Your will."
Stay with it. Keep believing God. Continue speaking the Word. The harvest you will reap is worth the price you have to pay to get it.
Hold Fast to the Confession of Your Faith
Hebrews 10:23 says, "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)." Hold fast to the confession or the words of your lips, without wavering, concerning what God has spoken to you. Wavering means to go back and forth.
Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean you can't believe in God or that His Word isn't working. We don't all understand how a little seed put into the ground pops through the earth, but farmers believe it because they've seen it year after year. It's the same way with God's Word. Hold fast to your planting of The Word (the seed), for it will produce a harvest.
Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
(Heb. 10:35-36)
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Billy Joe Daugherty was founder and pastor of Victory Christian Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was also the founder of Victory Christian School, Victory Bible Institute and Victory World Missions Training Center.
