“Didn’t I command you: be strong and be firm in your heart. Do not be discouraged or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
When problems, illnesses, financial crises, and so on come to haunt our lives, fear and worry often arise polluting our minds so that our faith becomes weak. We start to think the problems we are experiencing are too heavy and hopeless, even though God promises that “…the future really exists, and your hope will not be lost.”
Every human being always hopes that his life will be fine, smooth without the slightest obstacle or obstacle. Yet to get God’s promise requires a process, as experienced by Joshua when he brought the Israelites out of Egypt in place of Moses. It was not easy, the challenge was very heavy because the Israelites were a strong-necked nation. That’s why God told Joshua: be strong and be firm in your heart.
In order to achieve God’s promise we need to pay attention to His message or command because one day we will face the enemy. The enemy talks about illness, financial crisis, or other problems, but God promises, “I will not forsake you and will not forsake you.” He will always be with us and help us when we need it, as David confessed, “My help is from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”
Why have God’s promises not been realized in our lives? The problem is that we are getting weak and impatient waiting for His promises to be fulfilled, even though God has his own time to fulfill His promises.
He is never late to help us, but we are the ones who always delay the help because of our grumbling and complaining, just as the Israelites never stop complaining and nagging, even though they always experience His miraculous help. That’s not enough for them to be able to give thanks, instead they always blame God. Always speak His word and meditate on it day and night so that our faith will remain strong and stop complaining.
𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫 