You're Opposition…
The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. Revelation 3:21 (ESV). Ever been in the middle of something hard something tough and just wanted to get away from it all? Ever asked for God’s help in a situation and, heard . . . nothing? Could it just be that God doesn’t always answer our prayers because, sometimes, he wants us to stay right in the middle of it all and learn? Could it be that God sometimes allows trouble and pain to train us to fight, to build maturity, to make us more reliable, more self control, more patience?. In John 16:33 Jesus said that we would have troubles, but to heart! So we aren’t meant to run from battles but to dig deep when the opposition comes against us. …show more content…
1 John 5:5 (ESV). In truth we consider trouble and pain as unnecessary because it’s the thing that stops our happiness. As believers we aren’t made to avoid opposition or hide from it, no! We’re built for it and God doesn’t always take conflict away, because he’s created us to conquer, not to be cowards. “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies” as mentioned in Ephesians 6:12. Our struggle is against being lured into selfishness, impatience, resignation, which turns us to despair and intimately sin. These are epic struggles — battles worthy of any believer knowing that Jesus stand by our side when we face any
The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. Revelation 3:21 (ESV). Ever been in the middle of something hard something tough and just wanted to get away from it all? Ever asked for God’s help in a situation and, heard . . . nothing? Could it just be that God doesn’t always answer our prayers because, sometimes, he wants us to stay right in the middle of it all and learn? Could it be that God sometimes allows trouble and pain to train us to fight, to build maturity, to make us more reliable, more self control, more patience?. In John 16:33 Jesus said that we would have troubles, but to heart! So we aren’t meant to run from battles but to dig deep when the opposition comes against us. …show more content…
1 John 5:5 (ESV). In truth we consider trouble and pain as unnecessary because it’s the thing that stops our happiness. As believers we aren’t made to avoid opposition or hide from it, no! We’re built for it and God doesn’t always take conflict away, because he’s created us to conquer, not to be cowards. “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies” as mentioned in Ephesians 6:12. Our struggle is against being lured into selfishness, impatience, resignation, which turns us to despair and intimately sin. These are epic struggles — battles worthy of any believer knowing that Jesus stand by our side when we face any