Holding on to your faith in God
Circumstances and life experiences will try to force you to shift your confidence in God and His word. Satan, your mind, the world system, people and events will push you to the very limits to let go of your faith. But you must hold on, you must do all to stand, because if you do victory is certain.
Holding on is by no means easy - this is why the Bible uses terms like 'labour of faith', 'fight of faith', 'trial of faith' in conjunction with believing God. But the promise is this, to him that overcometh shall the Lord award a crown of life.
What strategies must we employ to hold on to our faith successfully - so that at the end we may say boldly ' i have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith'?
Keep talking to yourself - we must speak to ourselves. we must speak the word of God to our minds and our souls. The woman with the issue of blood kept saying to herself until she reached Jesus and touched his garment. This was her way of holding on to faith and winning the battle in her mind.
She refused to allow any other thoughts or doubts to rest in her mind, she kept interjecting it with her confession of faith. If you will keep confessing the promise of God, it will keep you in faith until you receive.
In David's popular psalms, he would instruct his soul - bless the Lord, o my soul forget not his benefits, he heals all your diseases....why are you downcast, o my soul, hope thou in God....my soul, wait thou only upon God. These statements and attitude were some of the secrets of his constant victories.
It is time to begin to speak to your soul, to your mind and to your spirit. Tell it what God has said, tell it who God is, remind your soul of the blessings of God, remind your soul of his promises and his faithfulness.
God bless
