FAITH CAPSULE: The time of challenge is not the time to give up but to give it all to God.

Psalm 3

Challenge varies.
Experiencing challenges is not fun.
Challenges have no respect for whom they lock up.
Are you in any way experiencing a challenge?
What kind of challenge are you experiencing?
Are you on the side of God?
Are you experiencing challenges?
The word of God is a promise to hold against the challenge of the wicked world.
Psalm 34:19 states, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
Affliction is a challenge. A challenge is an affliction.
One answering as a believer is not an excuse not to experience challenges.
When trouble increases, it becomes challenging trouble. 
Challenging trouble is a growing trouble that persists but with no sign for it to cease. 
Challenging trouble often graduates to permanent when it does not cease.
Challenging trouble is intending to terminate the troubled ones. 
Are you worrying instead of worshipping God?
David had increasing trouble when he said, “Lord, how they have increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me. Many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him in God.” (Psalm 3:1-2)
David, a man after the heart of God, experienced trouble.
One of the testimonies of how David dealt with increasing trouble in his life states, “But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head.” (Psalm 3:3)  
Acknowledging the awesomeness of God in the place of troubling challenge overtakes the pain of challenge.
Be thanking God in the time of challenge, and God shall acknowledge.
Thanking God shall provoke the hand of God for His intervention.
Acknowledging God for what He can do, as David states, “One who lifts up my head…”
In the time of challenge, testify the knowledge of God. 2 Samuel 2:3 testifies, “For the Lord is the God of knowledge, and by Him, actions are weighed.” 
Give more to God in times of challenge. Let God acknowledge you with more of His attention.
Another testimony of how David dealt with his troubling challenge records, “I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill.” (Psalm 3:4) 
Crying is not a sign of weakness. 
David had challenges that demanded crying out. 
David cried out with his voice; it was not just a cry in his heart but a cry that went out loud to God at His holy hill. 
It is worthy to cry out loud to God, unlike being quiet not to become victorious. 
David was not quiet before God but testified that the Lord heard him from His holy hill. 
In your challenging trouble, cry out to God, not to any man.
Challenges exist.
The time of challenge is not the time to give up but to give it all to God.
Regardless of how long your challenge persists, resist and insist on God for His divine intervention.
Prayer for today: Ask God to lead and keep you from becoming a victim of troubling challenges.