We tell ourselves all the time, "God is faithful. He was faithful then; He will be faithful now." This is so very true, but I think it also is more important, and more helpful to the grievous and weathered heart to remind themselves that, "God was SOVEREIGN then; He will be SOVEREIGN now." I look to the prayer of Habakkuk in chapter 3. Israel has been sent to exile once again, under Babylonian rule, and Habakkuk prays this prayer outlining some of the most detrimental circumstances to certainly match the torment God's people are experiencing. He describes such seemingly insurmountable circumstances that anybody would look around and wonder, God, where are you? Why are you letting this happen? When will you put an end to this? A place that I can admit, even as a Christian of 12 years, I have sunken to losing faith in the moment of tribulation. First things first, when I say I have lost faith, I mean to have lost endurance of my faith. My faith isn't a bucket I fill up on my own or lose some of when it's been expended. Faith is granted to me by the Holy Spirit. However, I can lose endurance of faith. I can be shaken in my faith when the mountain looks too steep, or the waves grow too high. I find a weakness in my faith, possibly where I am trying to be self-reliant, or controlling, or impatient with God's timing, but it is just that, a weakness. Not a ceasing of belief that God is still God. Losing endurance in faith is normal and does not make you a bad Christian. Although, we must stay awake and be aware of the prowling one who will use this opportunity, this falter of firmness, to start us down a path of further unbelief. So, my point being, when you lose endurance, that's okay. But turn to Him who gives us faith by his Holy Spirit, our Helper sent through Jesus's resurrection. Easier said than done, right? Here are some practical ways that I have felt my faith replenished by a power only through Jesus, because I know for a fact, I didn't have the capacity for the kind of faith necessary to carry me through a storm.
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