On my recent trip to Southern Africa, I spent time with my mother. She had just recovered from serious battles with Satan including victory over a stroke that nearly left her side paralysed. She also nearly lost a son to death but thank God she did not. And most recently (during my visit) she almost lost a grandchild to robbers.
As she was going through these life battles, I remember giving her words of encouragement that she would overcome. However, at the time, it felt like what the psalmist felt in Psalm 44 vs 9 – 11:
9But now You have cast us off and brought us to dishonor, and You go not out with our armies. 10You make us to turn back from the enemy, and they who hate us take spoil for themselves. 11You have made us like sheep intended for mutton and have scattered us in exile among the nations.
If you are child of the Most High God and are experiencing battles and struggles unexplained, do not be perplexed or discouraged. Just like Job felt, your set backs do not necessarily mean God has forsaken you.
Rather and just as the psalmist later discovered in Psalm 44 vs 22 which reads
"No, but for Your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
Your struggles are for God's sake. You are most probably doing very well promoting Kingdom business and guess who is hurt and seeks to hinder and revenge – your adversary Satan.
Like my mother experienced, cheer up, express your faith by speaking only the truth and do not magnify the problem. You will overcome.
If you have been looking out for a sign from God, receive my words by faith and begin to expect manifestation of your answer from now on.
As I was believing with my mother for the wellbeing of her grandchild, my wife called me and said some words of faith which seemed far from what was happening. However, when I decided to believe, it was God speaking through my wife, He immediately honored my prayers and gave us the miracle were expecting
All bible quotations are from The Amplified Bible.
To follow our bible reading plan in a year, read Psalm 44-45, Deuteronomy 15 – 23 and Luke 13 – 16, this week.
Farai Mutsambiwa
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