Last Sunday, I attended two church services, different preacher but almost the same message. They both explained on how we should keep pushing and keep believing on the promises of God in our lives. I don’t know about you, but everybody goes through a season of difficulty. I myself am having some struggles, challenges and trials along the way. If your life is too perfect, I guess this message is not for you. Lol… But according to the Bible, it tells us that in this world, we will have trouble, trials and challenges, but we can be encourage today because God has overcome the world and has protected us from that harm. Always remember my friend that greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world. His ways are higher than our ways and He has promised to deliver us from that situation.
And so many times, people feel stuck in their situation because they keep on looking at them from a natural perspective. Like what I said, this world will just look on the natural sight, and if you will look on just the natural, it is very limited, it is small, it is only a fraction of what is going on. But if you will rise up to a higher level, you will see things the way God sees them. Because He is a God of supernatural, a higher being who does everything that any normal eye can see. Pastor Nick explained how we should be praising and worshiping God before seeing the victory itself. I like what he said about praise, it is a precede for victory. Meaning you have to see or feel first the unseen victory before God can do something in your life. Praising God mean’s you are preparing Him to do something in your life. Praise mean’s you are thanking Him even though you haven’t seen it yet. Yes, it is easy to praise Him when you have received the blessing, but it is a real praise when you haven’t received it yet but you are expecting that it will happen. That is what God wants’ us to do when we are having trouble. This is what happened when the wall of Jericho went down. God instructed Joshua and the Israelites to march around the city in silence for 6 days and on the 7th day, they were to give a shout of praise. You know what happened next. The wall came down. I don’t know about you, but I want to shout of praise to my problems and start declaring that my God is bigger than that wall I am facing!
Today, if you're feeling overwhelmed, if you are feeling down, or if you are facing a wall like the Jericho or let’s just say the Great Wall of China, I guess it is just the right time to praise God, you may not feel like to sing praises, but I assure you, it will work, try talking to God and start praising Him, play some praise music in your car, in your house and start declaring positive words in your life. If you feel down or depressed, say to yourself that you are going up and rejoice in the Lord, if you feel that you have failed that exam, say to yourself that you will pass through the help of Christ, if you are having problems with your relationship, thank God that He is working behind the scene and making you both mature, if you are having financial problems, declare that you will overcome and will someday be out of debt. Stop declaring how big your mountain or wall is and start talking to that mountain or wall how big your God is. Jesus is the rock who is high above your circumstances or whatever situation you have. When you call on Him, He will be with you. He will lead you and guide you into the higher places He has prepared for you! Keep the faith brothers and sisters! I am blessed and so are YOU!
