God is working things out for you, even if you don’t feel it.
Have faith and be thankful.
Where faith and hope grows, miracles blossom.
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Faith lives and grows, strengthened by obedience, action, and overcoming. But even the strongest of faiths will be tested and can falter. Consider the Apostle Peter. Just before His arrest, Jesus said,
“Peter, my dear friend, listen to what I’m about to tell you. Satan has demanded to come and sift you like wheat and test your faith. But I have prayed for you, Peter, that you would stay faithful to me no matter what comes. Remember this: after you have turned back to me and have been restored, make it your life mission to strengthen the faith of your brothers.” Luke 22:31-32 The Passion Translation
Peter was about to hit a rough patch and deny Christ three times; none of us is as strong as we think. But Jesus was already praying for him, promising that he’d get through it, be restored and have a future.
And it happened just as Jesus prayed it would.
Amazingly, the same Jesus who prayed for Peter intercedes for us:
Who then is left to condemn us? Certainly not Jesus, the Anointed One! For he gave his life for us, and even more than that, he has conquered death and is now risen, exalted, and enthroned by God at his right hand. So how could he possibly condemn us since he is continually praying for our triumph? Romans 8:34 The Passion Translation
We all hit rough patches. When we do – and perhaps before we do – we are invited to freely go to Jesus:
So then, we must cling in faith to all we know to be true. For we have a magnificent King-Priest, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who rose into the heavenly realm for us, and now sympathizes with us in our frailty. He understands humanity, for as a Man, our magnificent King-Priest was tempted in every way just as we are, and conquered sin. So now we come freely and boldly to where love is enthroned, to receive mercy’s kiss and discover the grace we urgently need to strengthen us in our time of weakness. Hebrews 4:14-16 The Passion Translation
