Child, why doubt? Where is your faith?

A great evening to you my dearest brothers and sisters all over the world, I honestly pray that this piece finds you well, encouraged, expectant, and more enthusiastic about living. I have been praying for you all and I feel deeply moved within me to encourage you today.

 So our season of distress begins and all forces seem to be working against you, your job is at stake, your studies seem stuck up somewhere in the middle of nowhere, perhaps you made plans and had already anticipated where you would be 3years ago yet you look at what you have accomplished today and it doesn’t even come close to what you thought you would have accomplished, then the season of discomfort begins, your nest begins to be stirred and you are challenged not to die in the nest, suddenly you realize that the world out there is bigger and what pleased you before has turned into frustration, it could be that you probably discovered something new in your life and that has created chaos, so you find yourself stuck between places you don’t recognize, and so much regret of things you would have rather not dealt at that point.

 Quite recently something strange happened in my life, my biological mother that I hadn’t known, seen or spoken to for most of my life decided to finally reach out and that created so much uncertainty within me, lots of distress but mostly questioning almost everything. I found myself stuck on questions such as why is she reaching out now? Where has she been all this time? Why is God allowing this to happen to me at this point of my life? So I have been soaking in all that and all the other challenges that suddenly come by each new day.

 As I sat on a Friday afternoon reflecting on how many times God has been by my side and how everything seemed to be getting out of control around me, I was reminded of Paul’s letter to the Corinthians and it said; “for when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn- conflicts on the outside, fears within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us.”I believe that just like me, some of you are facing some of the most challenging times of your  lives, but today am here to tell you that although the seas are raging, God will speak and tame them and that in him you will find rest and you will know that our God is in control. I have been reading this book by Francine Rivers and this book talks about a girl who was in Jerusalem during a very critical time, her whole family had been killed and she was the only survivor, she clung to her faith, but still found it slipping away from her. Doubt was her companion, fear was overwhelming, the young lady sat separate from others and as emotion swelled, she said: “you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies,” she whispered brokenly and began to weep. “Oh, father, forgive me. Amend my ways. But gently, lord, lest you reduce me to nothing. I am afraid. Preserve me by the strength of your arm.

 After she was served food which had been on rare occasions, the night was warm and she finally knew that she would live. Indeed God always leaves a remnant. There was hope and it doesn’t matter what you are going through today, I am encouraging you to keep your faith in the lord, have faith when you have nothing else. Am challenging you to keep that beautiful smile, keep praising God amidst all circumstances. Choose to remain unchanging in your faith when everything else is changing around you. And I pray that you my brothers and sisters keep encouraging one another, in Paul’s letter to the Romans he said that; “ in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you. He went on and said that; “I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong- that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. I pray that as a generation of today, we cultivate a culture of encouragement in ourselves to see change. A friend of mine recently reached out to me and she was reminding me of how worn out she had become from waiting on the lord about one of her issues, and she had succumbed to hearing all sorts of voices misguiding her but this is what the lord says to all you who are weary; “be of good courage and trust in me and me alone. I have set a great and victorious future ahead of you. I have given up thousands for you. Worry not for I have secured your future within me. Trust me and I will show you the path to take. Many noises are loud around you but choose to hear mine that I lead you to what’s perfect. I have loved you way before you knew me. In all your distrust, that time I covered you and I showed you my endless love. I desired your attention which I enjoy now, so be still my brothers and sisters and “know that I am God”, I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth”.

 I would love to pray for you before I leave you, oh, heavenly father we come before your presence today with broken hearts, we acknowledge that it is in you that we find rest; we ask that you pour new oil in our hearts, and that we become brand new in our faith. We thank you for all the blessings and we lift all our worries into your mighty hands oh king of glory, we thank you for your word which tells us not to be afraid nor dismayed for the battle is not ours but Yours, I pray that we all keep encouraging one another and may this bring about healing in your people. Amen. I must take time and say thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to read these pieces and am so grateful for all your comments. Now my dearest brothers and sisters I must love and leave you, until next time, May the lord bless you all.