It is only natural to get discouraged, even depressed, by your struggle with difficult circumstances.
Consider this: The fact you have a struggle is evidence that the Holy Spirit is motivating you to resist.
The devil does not want you to struggle. He encourages you to indulge in self-pity, anger, resentment, and hopelessness.
God allows you to struggle to make you stronger in faith, hope, and love. ~ 1 Corinthians 13
The faith that pleases God is born in a place of deadness... the deadness of all human possibilities. It is a place
where man-made plans flourish at first then die. It is a place where
human hopes bring temporary relief but soon crash, adding to a sense of
helplessness.
Have you been at this place of deadness? Has it seemed like you have no options left? The heavens are like brass when you pray?
God
declares to you that HE is at work. His Spirit is working to
get you to stop considering the impossibilities. Stop looking to human
ways and means, trying to think your way out of your situation. The Holy
Spirit is urging you, “Quit hunting for help from some human source.
Quit
focusing on how hopeless you think your situation is. Those are
hindrances to your faith.”
Strive to obtain the fruit of the Spirit. On a deeper level, the Fruit of the Spirit expresses itself as
love, joy, peace, long-suffering
(patiently enduring lasting offense or hardship), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. When our Faith is
low and we experience no inner “blooming,” we feel the lack of something – no joy or peace of mind. ~
Galatians 5:22-23
Jesus has the answers. These things I have spoken to you, that in
Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of
good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (and with His help, you can overcome too!) ~ John 16:33 "No Jesus, no peace. Know Jesus, know peace."
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