FAITH CAPSULE: They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you.
Jeremiah 1
Accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and savior is not without challenges. As a matter of fact, it should never be an understatement or over statement to state that, challenges do not stop from following Christ followers. Believing God and answering to His calling will draw the enemy’s attention. However, the challenges of the world today are not enough to tag life as difficult. As a believer that knows Jesus as Lord and savior, confessing that living life is difficult is a wrong and a negative confession.
God spoke to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5) It was God that called Jeremiah not man. Being called by God is not an evidence to be free from encountering challenges but an assurance that challenges shall not prevail and the called shall overcome. Despite the truth that Jeremiah was called by God, God spoke to him that “They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”” (Jeremiah 1:19) Among challenges is the enemy’s fight against man. However, God promised that He shall never forsake the called in time of challenging confrontation.
As a believer it is worthy to begin to see and engage life challenges through the lens of faith. Know it that life can be challenging, but the grace to overcome the challenges of life shall not cease from causing one to prevail over confronting challenges. Jesus is the way to live life and to live it abundantly; Jesus is the way to live life and to live it with challenges that will not overtake one. It is time to come out of religion into Christ reality; it is time to begin to attend to the word of God in full obedience. Take a step of faith into the living Word of God that stated, “I am the door, if anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.”(John 10:9) Jesus is true to His word; there is no race requirement or color qualification to enter into Him. Why not try and enter through Him? Anyone with the claim of having entered through Jesus as the door should not allow challenges to dictate how to live life. As a believer, allow your time of challenging confrontation become your time of continual confession. He is faithful to deliver and cause man to prevail over confronting challenge.
Prayer for today: Ask for help against life consuming confrontation that sets against man.