You may ask, "What should i do if i'm feeling doubtful of God's promises and plans for my life?"
As Christians we believe that we have to be perfect, that we have it all together, that we don't feel tempted too, that we don't feel the hands of trial, pain, pressure, deceit and despair as well. However the truth is WE'RE HUMANS TOO! And we're not exempted from suffering ....HOWEVER, faith in King Jesus moves more than mighty mountains and we can all testify to the fact that Jesus' blood does save a retch like us.
Here at Inspiration For A Nation we seek to inspire the world by the utmost way we know how--Gods unfailing word and our personal experiences as Christians-living testimonies.
We believe the best way to effectively help inspire and encourage the public to seek after the heart of God and come to know Him for themselves, is not only by sharing biblical truth via exhortation but by sharing real and experienced situations where God intervened and change the atmosphere, turning around our problems thus giving us a breakthrough.
Therefore, based on issues we face in our lives and how God turned it around for us through His mighty works and power...we exhort on that basis to make the inspiration a little more personal and relatable with the world as we are all Humans facing some sort of trial that we're in desperate need of help with.
Many times in live we will come across a tribulation that seems immovable, dormant and never ending. We are so extremely numb to the pain that we don't even cry anymore, thus crying our selves to sleep becomes an understatement. The ache in our hearts intensifies as the pressure of the struggle rises. We feel saddened by our trial that we begin to doubt God's power and might. As i write, the scripture passage Isaish 40:25-29 comes to mind. Failing to acknowledge His great power and capabilities (which is endless and perpetual), will lead us to becoming unaware of His abilities and thus we continue to doubt Him some more. We already feel as though we're in a sinking ship with no chance of survival, and doubting GOD-THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE-puts an anchor in the ship (you must have pictured how that ship ends up by now). You're now bound to drown because DOUBT has now taken the space of the FAITH you once had.
We're so distracted by the struggle, pain and frustration that we not only doubt, but worry, overthink and become anxious-and the list could go on and on. And if we are not careful, we can become trapped in these feelings for long periods of time; which instantaneously becomes a mental, emotional and especially spiritual hazard. It's very unhealthy to our spiritual growth as it restricts it's advancement and thus needs to be avoided at all costs.
You say, "How can i avoid these feeling of despair?"
The only practical answer for this question is...SEEK GOD MORE! SEEK HIM much harder than before, much longer than the last time and until you start seeing results, even then NEVER STOP SEEKING HIM!
Yes you felt the fire of the battle and you're probably wondering where was God in all of it. Nevertheless, that's no excuse for you to doubt or blame Him. You never know what God was protecting you from, what He was preparing you for or what He was preparing for you! God works in mysterious ways and his understanding cannot be measured (as previously mentioned in Isaiah 40:2 & as seen in Isaiah 55:8-9). And as a result, some of the times we have completely no idea why we went through a specific battle and why for so long too, with so much pain. But i must assure you...IT WAS FOR A REASON! You might not know it now or ever will for that matter, but the struggle you faced had to happen in order for A GREATER PURPOSE to be accomplished in and through you in alignment with God's will for you.
So whenever you face a dying trial that seems never ending...remember this scripture:
1 Corinthians 5:5King James Version (KJV)
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Put your FAITH and TRUST in GOD at ALL TIMES...even in the UNKNOWN!
For:
Isaiah 40:29-31 King James Version (KJV)
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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