STAND STRONG AND CONTINUE

“so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” (Hebrews 6:12)
The life of faith is not free of challenges. Indeed it is full of oppositions and difficulties that must be overcome by grace through faith.

In choosing to live by faith we implicitly choose a spiritual life – a life which progress at the pace and along the path that our obedience to the word of God takes us according to the will of God. It should not come as a surprise then that the believer will always face a temptation of the flesh to stray from God’s word.

At no time is the challenge stronger than when we are going through difficult time, but God has given the Christian grace to be strong in faith and continue patiently. You can do what God says you can do because God who is faithful has given you His Word, the Holy Spirit, the blood of Jesus, and the Name of Jesus, and called you to overcome.

Your faith is proven when you come up against life’s challenges and you seek a way out of the discomfort you experience as a result; and the doubts and questions that then enter seek to drown out the voice of your confidence in God. Our text for this reflection challenges us to be “imitators” not of those who became sluggish in faith and fell into all kinds of compromises, but of those who by remaining strong in faith and continuing patiently in the Word have received the promise of God.

Understand that those whose faith and patience we have been called to imitate did also face difficult challenges and tests, but they remained steadfast in faith and endured patiently. We are told that “No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face” (1 Cor 10:13).

As compelling and strong as the temptation to compromise your faith may be, you must remember that “God will never let you down or allow any test that will push you past your limit. So learn to look past the present seductions of the flesh and see that there is definitely a far better and enduring reason in Christ to stand strong and continue patiently in faith.
“Our suffering is light and temporary and is producing for us an eternal glory that is greater than anything we can imagine. We don’t look for things that can be seen but for things that can’t be seen. Things that can be seen are only temporary. But things that can’t be seen last forever.” (2 Corinthians 4:17–18)
God is always there to help you come through your tests and trials and difficult times. Be strong in faith and continue patiently. There is a promise to inherit!

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