Father God, I honour Your holy name. I worship You and You alone. Jesus Christ, You are my Saviour, the One I trust, the one I share my deepest secrets with. I love You! Holy Spirit, as I say Your name on my lips, my heart warms up. Not only do You live in me, I am clothed with Your power. Be my every thought. Amen!
For five months, I have been facing a health challenge, which in the past month has become one of the toughest challenges I have had to face in terms of health. Nothing the doctors prescribed seemed to work and as usual, satan started with his typical mind games, trying to create some sort of fear. With difficulty to see the right doctors and getting the right treatment, pain increased. My husband woke up one morning and told me that during his quiet time with the Lord He received Word that it would only be a little while longer. As usual, I went back to the Word of God, which has never failed me. Amen! God gave me specific scripture, which in turn was confirmed by so many people. He also told me to be patient and to wait for Him. Again, His promises were confirmed that, He only has plans to prosper me and to give me a future. His Word confirmed that I must not lose confidence in Him, and that I will get through whatever was happening to me, by keeping faith and trust in Him.
One night, after reading the Word again, I was lying in my bed and asked Jesus to forgive me for my doubt. Without hesitating, I asked Him to reveal Himself to me in a special way. I lay awake for a while and thought perhaps I will be blessed by a visit from an Angel. After waiting, I just praised God and said thank you that He will reveal Himself to me in the way that pleases Him. However, as I turned around, crying, I asked Jesus to come and lie next to me and to hold me while I sleep. When I woke up the next morning, after sleeping throughout the night without tossing and turning, I knew He was there. I didn’t just know it, I felt it. That next morning, I prayed for my visit to the doctor. From the moment she greeted me, I knew there was something different about her.
She was just different from other doctors that I have seen. As I told her my whole story, she did not hesitate to phone a specialist and she got me an appointment in four days. Then as I sat back looking at her whilst she was writing out the referral forms, I knew I had to testify. I started sharing with her that I was talking to God the night before and about the Word He had given me. It drew her attention and she smiled. I then told her how I asked Him to hold me and that it happened just like I asked. She then responded with something I never expected. She gave me Word of encouragement from the Bible. I was stunned! For the first time in my life as far as I can recall, a doctor gave me Scripture. Praise God, for she knows Him and knows that He is our strength. Amen! She was the “Angel” I was waiting for.
So this is my story, but what is yours? I think when we are asked to write down what we have faced and overcome in one year, many books will be sold. This is true, because satan has no future and only wants to destroy the world with his lies that God no longer cares about us, that He is not real. The best part of it is that he only succeeds if we allow him. Well, I made up my mind long ago that I will serve only Jesus Christ and even through the toughest challenges that I have had to face, He has never disappointed me. Yes, I have felt alone, not far from Him, just alone. This was not because He had left me, only that my faith in Him was being tested. Sometimes we go through rough times and then we look for God and ask why He is not there, but how do we grow if we are not sometimes stretched to believe in who He is and not just on what we see?
Are you experiencing this right now in your life? Do you feel that the Lord has left you and that you are all alone? Oh dear reader, you could not be more wrong. Close your eyes and you will see darkness. Open your eyes and what do you see? Yes, colour, nature, life! Just the fact that you are breathing is because He breathed life into you. He has never forgotten about you and never will. He sometimes becomes silent, so that you have to focus on strengthening your faith. When last did you speak to Him? When last did you hear His voice in your heart? It is being spoken daily. The question is, is your spiritual ears, heart and eyes open to receive?
We read in the Word about faith and how through faith, Joshua entered the promise land, how Abraham and Sarah had a son at their old age, how Daniel survived the lion’s cage and how the Israelites crossed the red sea. Many stories of faith are told, all true. If it worked for them, why not for me and you? We tend to focus on our circumstances and take our eyes of the Word; the promise when we keep faith in Him. However, bit by bit we become more negative and eventually faith no longer receives priority. The answer is simple, the focus shifts into the wrong direction and the best part of it is that you and me, we allow it. So see, faith is simple, if we really practice it. When we go to church and things are well in our life, we talk about faith, we even say we have faith, but when the going gets tough, are we living faith?
I want to share with you the scriptures that God gave me during this health challenge. Some of the Word I have shared with you before, but know that God will keep on giving it until it sinks into our hearts and we start living it out. I share this Word with You, because I know that as you read this message, you yourself are being challenged. Proverbs 3:5 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” and with this you must read Hebrews 10:35 – 36 that says, “so do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded…….you need to persevere.” He then gave me Psalm 27:14 that says, “wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” The word from Zechariah 4:6 also came to me and says, “not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit says the Lord God almighty.” The scripture by the doctor is so powerful because in Isaiah 41:10 God says, “so do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Lastly I want to say that after God gave me one more special scripture, it was also confirmed by many others. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” I only have one future and that is with Christ. Nothing and no one can take life away from me! Amen!
What more do I need to say? If you are in a place where you feel God has left you, then it is because you lost your faith along the way. God is God! His Word is true, and if He says He will do something, He will. You have no power over life; accept to choose because God gave you a free will. Therefore, what you choose, directly affects your life and the way you live it.
So dear reader, it is not enough to be talking faith, you must be living faith. This will open the doors that you yourself have closed on the blessings and miracles that God has already showered on your life. What are you waiting for? Start living faith!
With lots of love in Jesus Name
Princess K
PS: Dear reader, please remember that the scripture used are from the New International Version. If the scripture is read in another language and translation it might differ slightly. A verse in the NIV might be a different one in your bible, i.e. Ps 37:3 in the NIV might be Ps 37:4 in your bible. This does not always occur, but has happened in some instances.
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