We will all face persecutions and difficulties in our walk. We need to rely upon God so that Christ's power can rest upon us. As long as we are fighting against that, the trial will go on. Remember in the height of the storm, God allowed it, He is speaking into it, and He wants you to rely upon Him to see your way through it.
Lastly, God is bigger than whatever you are going through. Hebrews teaches us:
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Hebrews 11:3
By faith we believe that God formed the entire universe by a single command! Everything you see, sense, and experience, God created with a simple command! THAT is a pretty big God! No matter how hard man and science try to dismiss God, you can trace any man-made theory back to the beginning and realize that God is always there. He is bigger than the medical report you received:
"... for I am the LORD, who heals you." Exodus 15:26
He is bigger than your financial difficulties:
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Matthew 6: 25-27
He is bigger beloved. Yet we can find ourselves in the middle of the storm and forgetting how big God really is. We can forget that He formed the entire universe at a single command. We can focus so hard on the problem; we take our eyes off the problem solver! That is the scheme of the enemy. The enemy wants us so fearful that we worry about the problem instead of resting in the assurances of the problem solver. He wants us focusing on what we do not have so we cannot appreciate all God has given us. It is a matter of perspective. The devil wants us to have a worldly perspective, not a Godly perspective. So when the waves are crashing all around you beloved, reach out your hand to He who calms the raging storm within you.
